Xi Jinping lieutenant calls for Asia to 'jointly' manage its own security
Asia should manage its own security and not allow itself to become an «arena for geopolitical contests», one of Chinese President Xi Jinping's most senior lieutenants has said, in a veiled rebuke to US efforts to strengthen alliances.
Zhao Leji, a member of the Communist party's elite Standing Committee, also called for closer trade ties in the region to build a «common regional market», saying Asia was already the source of most of the world's economic growth.
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