The Shangri-La Dialogue will bring a much-needed opportunity for the military top brass of both China and the US to shake hands and add some personal warmth to their frosty relations.
“The US has tried its utmost to rope all China’s neighbours in its camp to further isolate and contain China, putting the Chinese military delegation in a very disadvantageous position when they are encountering foreign counterparts, especially the Americans, at the [Shangri-La Dialogue],” he said.
“The United States and the Department of Defence have an outstretched hand on this question of military-to-military engagement and we have yet to have had a consistently willing partner [in China],” US assistant secretary of defence for Indo-Pacific security affairs Ely Ratner said last week. “But Li’s attendance is still a goodwill response to US President Joe Biden’s earlier remark that he expects a thaw in frosty relations with China soon,” Zhou said.
Zhou said an example was that Biden said the White House was discussing a decision to lift the sanctions on Li, but it was “turned down overnight by the State Department”. That approach changed when the forum marked its 10th anniversary in 2011. China sent a high-level delegation led by then-defence minister general Liang Guanglie.
“The Shangri-La Dialogue will provide a timely opportunity for the PLA to communicate with its foreign counterparts directly.”
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