China and Malaysia signed several trade and investment deals yesterday as China denied it was trying to buy better ties with its southern neighbour.
“There is no such thing as using our financial muscle to improve ties,” said Liu Zhenmin, Chinese vice-foreign minister, during a visit to Beijing by Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak.
China is Malaysia’s biggest trading partner but the two countries are often at loggerheads over competing maritime claims in the South China Sea.
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