From the South China Morning Post, via the China Study Group: “The smiles and handshakes between Chinese and Southeast Asian leaders after the signing of a landmark economic deal belied the wariness some of the Asean elite feel towards their giant neighbour.
Even some of those present on Sunday, when China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed to gradually remove tariffs on imports to create the world’s biggest free-trade area by 2010, were cautious. ”
