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For evidence of China’s burgeoning swagger on the world stage, look no further than Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s performance at an Asian security meeting this week.
Wang was easily the most active among the dozens of diplomats participating in the Association of Southeast Nations talks in Manila, holding 14 meetings on Sunday alone. In almost hourly press gaggles, he prodded North Korea to entertain overtures from Seoul and pushed back against Asean criticism of China’s island-building in the disputed South China Sea.