Shangri-La Dialogue: Chinese defense minister slams ‘Cold War mentality’

Shangri La Dialogue Chinese defense minister slams Cold War mentality

It was this Sunday, June 4, the first public intervention before an international audience of the Chinese Minister of Defense. A speech expected at the Shangri-La meetings in Singapore. General Li Shangfu said a “Cold War mentality” was, he said, resurgent in the Asia-Pacific region, after refusing to meet formally with the US Secretary of Defense.

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