Beyond the South China Sea


Hot talk: Anwar greeting international delegates at the roundtable meeting that kept moderators on their toes defusing flare ups among speakers. — Bernama

EVERY time the topic of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea is broached, temperatures spike in the cool ballrooms of the five-star hotel in the centre of Kuala Lumpur.

It was the 36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable: An Age of Strategic Uncertainty meeting between international geopolitical experts organised by Malaysian think tank Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Isis) from Aug 8 to Aug 10.

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