摘要：Eastern Asia has suffered more than most regions from the mutual incomprehensions that stem from differencesof language, civilization, history and memory. It has often seemed in the era of relative peace since 1980 thatcontacts were being made for the first time, and that the painful construction of ASEAN and its regional dialoguepartnerships were processes of new discovery. Of course this is an exaggerated view. There is a story to be told bothfor Southeast Asia and for the broader region of eastern Asia of attempts to see the collectivity of these regions andto organise networks within them.
