SINGAPORE — While China and the US recently exchanged tasteful salvos at a gathering of military officials, figurative fireworks helped provide cover for a revived effort to defuse tensions, diplomats and defense officials said. he said.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual defense forum in Singapore, held over the weekend, the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin portrayed China as a rapid bellicose force In the Asia Pacific region, Chinese military activity around Taiwan says it threatens to destabilize the region.