International relationsChina tells Singapore it supports ASEAN approach to Myanmar crisis
Foreign ministers' talks kick off string of visits, with Malaysia and others to follow
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, left, meets with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Fujian, China, on March 31. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore)
KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer
SINGAPORE -- China is the focus of a flurry of diplomacy this week, as foreign ministers from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea make successive visits against the backdrop of a Myanmar crisis and rising Sino-American tensions.