This chapter addresses the philosophical underpinnings for, and future of, non-intervention in East Asia in the face of solidarist claims and pressures from internal and external constituencies. The first explicit reference to human security was by the former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in his 1992  Agenda for Peace . In this report, the concept was used in relation to preventative diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping and post-conflict recovery. With regard to Myanmar, China has provided diplomatic support for the use of the Secretary-General's good offices, securing a visa for the Special representative, Ibrahim Gambari, and China remains open to the idea of ASEAN playing a leading role in addressing Myanmar. Furthermore, not even China is immune to the penetration and diffusion of universal/solidarist interpretations of human rights among its own population.  Keywords:ASEAN, China, East Asian values, human rights, humanitarian intervention, international law