US-Asean ties reflect Washington's arrogance: Global Times


BEIJING (Global Times): In a Thursday (June 10) report titled "China and Southeast Asian countries pledge greater vaccine cooperation as US influence wanes," the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) misinterpreted the Special Asean-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in China's Chongqing as a demonstration of Asean's "reliance on China-made vaccines."

However, the real reason Asean foreign ministers attended such a meeting was not because of the decline of US influence but because of China's sincerity in developing relations with them and helping them.

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