HANOI/BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has said it does not want to take sides in the Sino-American rivalry in the South China Sea. ASEAN ministers have said they do not want to be stuck in the middle as the rhetoric escalates ahead of the November's elections in the U.S.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, arrives at a meeting with ASEAN foreign ministers in Vientiane, Laos, on Feb. 20. © Reuters
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