China hosts South-East Asian ministers as it competes with US


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BEIJING, June 7 (AP) - China is hosting foreign ministers from 10 South-East Asian nations this week amid heightened competition between Beijing and Washington for influence in the region.

Chinese state media said the meeting Tuesday in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing will cover issues from restoring tourism and other economic exchanges battered by Covid-19, to more coordinated efforts in fighting the pandemic and the feasibility of creating a vaccine passport to allow freer travel among them.

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