America and china should try to work multilaterally .
中美应该设法进行多边协作。
America and china should try to work multilaterally . Instead of today 's confusion of competing venues , asia needs a single regional security forum , such as the east asia summit , where it can do business .
In a new book titled asia alone , singaporean analyst simon tay argues that asean is increasingly becoming a regional power in its own right , forcing larger players like the u. s.and china to act more multilaterally .