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The ASEAN-GCC China Summit is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27 in Kuala Lumpur,
the capital of Malaysia,
on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN Summit under the theme Inclusivity and Sustainability.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent China at the meetings and pay an official visit to the country.
As this year's ASEAN chair,
Malaysia has highlighted its goal of forging and expanding economic partnerships with those beyond its borders as one of its main priorities.
What drives the three parties to embrace each other?
What's on the agenda of the summit?
And how might this new platform bring fresh dynamics into Asia and potentially the world?
Welcome to The Point with me, Li Xin, coming to you from Beijing.
This is an opinion show.
And I'm pleased to be joined from Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, by Ko King Kee,
president of the Centre for New Inclusive Asia, a non-government Malaysian think tank.
From Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, by Chan Van Arid,
director of the China-ASEAN Study Centre at Chemtech University.
From Shanghai, by Wen Yao,
associate professor in the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University.
And from Brisbane, Australia, by...