Leaders of Asia's two giants pledged last year to cool a festering border dispute
"Big nations should not bully smaller ones, disputes should be resolved peacefully," he told an audience in Hanoi.
The two countries held joint military drills in the Sea of Japan and the Mediterranean last year
Signatories say Asean still best placed to ease tensions
It was important that ASEAN members "speak out and represent what common ground they found on issues."
"They said if you will insist on the ruling, discussing it along those lines, then we might be headed for a confrontation...
"China hopes the U.S. will scrupulously abide by its promise to not take sides in relevant territorial disputes and play...
"This is a blanket call for quiet, not some attempt to rally the region against China, which would play into a false narrative...
Beijing called the Philippines' claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea "baseless" and an "act of bad faith"
Beijing views access to the Pacific as vital both as a supply line to the rest of the world's oceans...
South China Sea tension, economic policy among dialogue topics
Issues of security and freedom of navigation and aviation must be resolved internationally, the Foreign Ministry said
"These may take time but we would like to move to the next level."
About 100 Chinese fishing boats were detected encroaching in Malaysia's waters, Malaysia said last week