Any paradigm, whether trade or security-related, which purports to exclude Chinese interests in Asia is a recipe for disaster
Any paradigm, whether trade or security-related, which purports to exclude Chinese interests in Asia is a recipe for disaster
The Shangri-La Dialogue concluded last weekend in Singapore was marked by sharp differences between Washington, Tokyo, and Beijing over the South China Sea.
On Saturday in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter addressed the attendants at the 14th Shangri-La Dialogue, a high-level security forum, asserting China’s recent land reclamation in the South China Sea was “out of step” with international norms, and adding his opposition to “any further militarization” in the region.