Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrapped up a week-long four-nation Asian tour on Wednesday in Seoul where he met with his Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong. Wang also visited Vietnam, Cambodia, and Singapore on a trip that was expressly intended to bolster China’s ties in a region that both Beijing and Washington see as vital to their core interests.
Most Asian countries, like their counterparts in Africa, have made it clear they do not want to fully align with either of the major powers and want to avoid becoming entangled in this burgeoning rivalry.
