China dials down rhetoric but regional risks persist at Shangri-La Dialogue
The world faces challenges from โhegemonismโ and โbloc confrontationโ driven by โcertain countriesโ, Chinaโs delegation to Asiaโs premier security conference said on Saturday, without directly naming the United States. Major General Meng Xiangqing, the head of the Chinese delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, sent the warning during a special session on managing threats to strategic stability. Meng, a professor at the Peopleโs Liberation Army National Defence University, also used...