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Southeast Asia’s top diplomat has warned that the South China Sea disputes risk becoming “Asia’s Palestine, deteriorating into a violent conflict that draws sharp dividing lines between nations and destabilises the whole region. 东盟最高层外交官警告，南海纠纷可能成为“亚洲的巴勒斯坦，即形势不断恶化，酿成一场武力冲突，使国与国之间形成尖锐对立，破坏整个地区的稳定。 Surin Pitsuwan, the outgoing secretary-general of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, told the Financial Times that Asia was entering its “most contentious period in recent years as a rising China stakes out its claim to almost the entire South China Sea, clashing with the Philippines, Vietnam and others. 即将离任的东南亚国家联盟(ASEAN)秘书长素林·比素万(Surin Pitsuwan)对英国《金融时报》表示，亚洲正进入近年来“最具争议的时期，不断崛起的中国主张其对几乎整个南海拥有主权，与菲律宾、越南和其它国家发生矛盾。东盟有10个成员国。 “We have to be mindful of the fact that the South China Sea could evolve into another Palestine, if countries do not try harder to defuse rather than inflame tensions, he said. 比素万表示，如果有关国家不付出更大努力化解（而非加剧）紧张局势，“我们必须记住一个事实，即南海可能演变成又一个巴勒斯坦。 | 
