Myanmar conflict brings new Cold War to ASEAN's door

Mix of democracies and autocracies caught between US and China

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Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy parade in front of ASEAN flags at a 2018 event. © Reuters

KATSUHIKO MESHINO, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- The recent chairman's statement by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations contains curious language that hints at the region's entanglement in the foremost geopolitical conflict of this era.

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