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VOA常速英语听力2012年09月合辑（文本）：APEC-Leaders-to-Discuss-Rival-South-China-Sea-Claims BEIJING — Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Russia this week are expected to discuss how best to reconcile border disputes in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and China all have competing territorial claims. Chinese patrols in contested waters, and a new Chinese garrison on a disputed island put rival claims to the South China Sea front and center at this weeks forum of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. There is a small risk, and I think it is a growing risk, that an incident at sea could escalate into conflict involving China and one of its neighbors, and I think that is what we are all worried about, said Rory Medcalf, who directs the International Security Program at Australias Lowy Institute. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Southeast Asian nations should draft a unified code of conduct with China to resolve competing claims to the sea. We believe the nations of the region should work collaboratively together to resolve disputes without coercion, without intimidation, without threats and certainly without the use of force, said Clinton. Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is taking the lead. I had a very good, frank and candid discussion with my foreign minister of China colleague here in this very same building to call him to revert back to the diplomatic process, said Natalegawa. I think the track is quite clear what is ahead of us, namely, we must apply ourselves to have the code of conduct done. But the Association of Southeast Asian Nations failed to agree on a code of conduct in July. Justin Logan of Washingtons Cato Institute said this weeks APEC summit may do no better. I think bringing in different countries will create a different dynamic. Although, in all likelihood, many of the countries that were in involved in the first go-around will be very, very reticent to get back involved again seeing the sour outcome tha