With the aim of ensuring lasting peace and stability in the waters, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are on course to finalize a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea.
As the shared homeland for these countries, which constitute a key driver of the global economy, and an important international waterway, the South China Sea needs constructive contributions from all stakeholders in support of their efforts to promote peace, stability and development.
Instead, the United States has only been making the situation more volatile.
Since China was identified as a strategic rival of the US, successive US administrations have not only used the South…