China succeeded by winning over Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the host of November’s ASEAN summit, who cut off discussion of China’s assertive role in the South China Sea by falsely claiming that ASEAN’s members had reached a “consensus” against “internationalizing” the issue. (Ironically, in 1984, when Hun Sen was Foreign Minister, the ministry published a book entitled The Chinese Rulers’ Crimes against Kampuchea, which documented China’s backing for the genocidal Khmer Rouge.)
中国争取到十一月东盟峰会主办国柬埔寨首相洪森，并借此成功达到了自己的目标。洪森中断了对中国在南海高调表现的讨论，假称东盟成员国“一致同意”避免将上述问题“国际化”。（颇具讽刺意味的是1984年洪森任外长时，外交部曾出版一本名叫《中国统治者在柬埔寨所犯罪行》的书籍，一一历数了中国对奉行种族灭绝政策的红色高棉的支持。）