There's a thing that I thought was a very clear message in the declaration but apparently need more spot light on:Spicy opinion by the Russian think tank "Valdai". China is in trouble
S.Korea might think that because it didnt mention China that everything is ok but :
Reminder that "Valdai" is a major Russian think-tank which has access to Russian Gov Elites. That they are saying this it means that there is some truth in their words.
Concerning for China though. That the whole periphery of China "hates" it, it means that its policies and its agencies are not working for influencing the local pop
Failure upon failure.
“importance of preserving peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait”
Taiwan Strait and Taiwan are very different things. If you read the Japanese declaration too they too say Taiwan Strait and not Taiwan. It's understandable that those two countries worry about Taiwan Strait because their shipping goes through there, the fact that they didn't say "peace and stability of Taiwan" means they deliberately left plenty of space there to stay clear of that issue.