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The seemingly never-ending quest for a South China Sea Code of Conduct
Two decades on, China and Asean are having yet another crack at the code. Is it time to ditch what looks like mission impossible?
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The lengthy impasse on formulating the code of conduct raises questions of whether the process - and the code itself - still have value.
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For 20 years, Asean and China have been working on a Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea.
So far, the task looks to be a Sisyphean one - with rounds and rounds of negotiations across cities, messages of support in countless communiques and joint statements over the years, but little to show for it.
