The ASEAN Summit is being held under the shadow of China's growing

military build-up in South China Sea, a huge source of hydrocarbons. While China claims sovereignty over all of the South China Sea, several ASEAN member nations including Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei have counter claims.However, the section on the South China Sea dispute has been left out in the November 11 draft of the Chairman's Statement to be issued at the end of the ASEAN Summit, ANI reported. It is being speculated that the ASEAN leaders may leave the dispute up to Philippines President.