BANGKOK -- The 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations appear poised to express concerns about island-building in the South China Sea for a second straight year when their foreign ministers gather next week in Thailand, making another allusion to Chinese activity.
A draft chairman's statement for the ASEAN foreign ministers' Jan. 17-18 retreat in Chiang Mai, a copy of which Nikkei has obtained, says that the member states take note of "concerns" over land reclamation in a body of water crisscrossed by competing territorial claims.
