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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has agreed to forge a "comprehensive strategic partnership" with China, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said Thursday, just a day after it was announced that ASEAN would establish a partnership on the same level with Australia. "I'm especially pleased that ASEAN has agreed to establish comprehensive strategic partnership with both Australia and China, which will foster more substantial and mutually beneficial relationships going forward," Bolkiah, whose country currently holds ASEAN's annually rotating chairmanship, said at the closing press conference for this week's ASEAN Summit and related meetings. However, details of the content of the two...
