SINGAPORE - Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu told Asia's top security summit on Sunday (June 4) that conflict with the United States would be an 'unbearable disaster' but that his country sought dialogue over confrontation. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Li said the world was big enough for China and the US to grow together — remarks made...
SINGAPORE - Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu told Asia's top security summit on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an "unbearable disaster" but that his country sought dialogue over confrontation.
"However, this should not keep the two sides from seeking common ground and common interests to grow bilateral ties and deepen co-operation," he said. "It is undeniable that a severe conflict or confrontation between China and the US will be an unbearable disaster for the world." US Indo-Pacific Command said US and Canadian ships were operating routinely and under high-seas freedoms.
After his remarks, regional scholars asked Li repeatedly about the incident as well as China's extensive maritime deployments in the disputed South China Sea. He did not answer them directly, saying moves by countries outside the region were raising tensions. US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin rebuked China in a speech at the summit on Saturday for refusing to hold military talks, leaving the superpowers deadlocked over their differences.Li was more restrained in his address, although he took thinly veiled digs at the United States, accusing "some countries" of intensifying an arms race and wilfully interfering in the internal affairs of others.
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