The proposed meeting follows a flurry of Chinese engagements with Southeast Asia in recent months. May 13, 2021 ASEAN leaders meet for the bloc’s special summit on the Myanmar crisis in Jakarta, April 24, 2021. Credit: Flickr/ASEAN Secretariat Advertisement China is proposing to host a foreign ministerial meeting with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next month, a summit that would extend and consolidate a recent Chinese diplomatic offensive in Southeast Asia. Citing Chinese government sources, Mainichi Japan reported on Friday that the Chinese government is considering hosting a summit with ASEAN foreign ministers in a city other than the capital Beijing.