Abstract
The Sino-American strategic competitive relationship is a substantive element of Southeast Asian security. Despite the expectations of improving the bilateral relationship, none of the strategic options have been altered, in part to the negative Chinese perception regarding the North American influence in the region. In Southeast Asia, disputes in the South China Sea are a subtle space of such competition in which the interests of both parties converge. This has led China to revalue regional multilateral security systems, and to pursue a greater degree of participation coinciding with the objective of building a multipolar world. China's active participation in the ASEAN Regional Forum is due to the fact that it is a timely instance to guarantee the stability of the regional strategic situation, necessary to facilitate economic integration and open spaces for negotiation without directly discussing sovereignty issues.
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