Editing ASEAN (section)

====South China Sea====
{{Main|Territorial disputes in the South China Sea}}

With perceptions that there have been [[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea|multiple incursions]] into the [[South China Sea]] by the PRC (China) and ROC (Taiwan), with land, islands and resources all having had previous overlapping claims between [[Vietnam]], [[Philippines]], [[Malaysia]], [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], and various other countries, the PRC and ROC's claim into the region is seen as intrusive by many Southeast Asian countries as of 2022, potentially a reflection of the threat of [[Chinese expansionism]] into the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea |url=https://cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/territorial-disputes-south-china-sea |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Global Conflict Tracker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stiffening the ASEAN spine in the South China Sea |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/stiffening-asean-spine-south-china-sea |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=lowyinstitute.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/asia/indonesia-south-china-sea-military-buildup.html| title=Indonesia, Long on Sidelines, Starts to Confront China's Territorial Claims| newspaper=The New York Times| date=10 September 2017| last1=Cochrane| first1=Joe| access-date=20 October 2018| archive-date=30 September 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930053331/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/asia/indonesia-south-china-sea-military-buildup.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly after the conclusion of the [[South China Sea Arbitration]], at the 24 July 2016 China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers summit, China assured ASEAN that it would not conduct [[Land reclamation in China|land reclamation]] on the Scarborough Shoal.<ref name=":04">{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Frances Yaping |title=The Art of State Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2024 |isbn=9780197757512}}</ref>{{Rp|page=129}} The joint statement at the conclusion of the summit emphasized the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea and urged the parties to refrain from inhabiting currently unoccupied islands, reefs, shoals, cays, and other features.<ref name=":04" />{{Rp|page=129}}

Within ASEAN, [[Cambodia–China relations|Cambodia]] is often supportive of the PRC's positions, including on the South China Sea issue.<ref name=":9222">{{Cite book |last=Gerstl |first=Alfred |title=Contemporary China: a New Superpower? |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-03-239508-1 |editor-last=Kironska |editor-first=Kristina |chapter=China in its Immediate Neighborhood |editor-last2=Turscanyi |editor-first2=Richard Q.}}</ref>{{Rp|page=211}}