The "incense meeting" opened to the 20th session, and the Americans still took the old script: before coming, they sent fighters to the South China Sea to "touch porcelain", and the hype "almost bumped"; Before returning home, he pulled a Canadian warship through the Taiwan Strait to perform "freedom of navigation". Probably because he never received a reply to the Chinese military's dialogue, he brushed a wave of presence back to the Pentagon.
- In this regard, China's new defense minister only dumped them: "Take care of your own warships, manage your own planes!" ”
State Councilor and Minister of Defense Li Shangfu was asked at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue Asia Security Conference on the 4th, and when asked about the recent problem of the so-called PLA ships and aircraft "too close" to other international ships in the South China Sea, Li Shangfu asked rhetorically: Why do these problems occur "near China's airspace and territorial waters" instead of near the airspace and territorial waters of other countries?
China's defense minister said this is because Chinese military aircraft and warships never exercise "navigational hegemony" near the territorial waters of other countries' airspace. He said that the best way to avoid these situations is for military planes and warships of various countries not to go near the territorial waters and airspace of other countries, and to "manage your own warships and your own planes."
Earlier that day, Li Shangfu delivered a speech on the topic of "China's New Security Initiative" and told other Asia-Pacific countries: "Some countries wantonly interfere in the internal affairs and regional affairs of other countries, frequently resort to unilateral sanctions, force and coercion, launch color revolutions and proxy wars everywhere, mess up a region and walk away, leaving a mess. ”
Throughout the speech, Defense Minister Li said a lot of golden sentences. He said that fairness and justice should be used to transcend the law of the jungle. International affairs should be handled by countries in consultation and not by one or a few countries. China practices multilateralism and pursues mutual benefit and win-win results, while some countries use the rules of the legal system in accordance with the rules and abandon them if they do not, impose family laws on others, and even use conventions that they have not participated in to bind others, adopt exceptionalism, double standards, and safeguard the interests of a small number of countries. He warned the participants: A fair and just development environment is where the common interests of Asia-Pacific countries lie, and whoever wants to cut leeks and wool here, and engage in the law of the jungle, will inevitably meet with common opposition from all countries.
He also said that the current Cold War mentality has returned to greatly, greatly pushing up the security risk of confrontation in the Asia-Pacific camp, some major countries have proposed the so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy", China believes that no matter what kind of strategy can not be drawn by ideology, with the so-called imaginary threat to build an exclusive military alliance, otherwise it is very easy to fall into the "self-fulfilling prophecy", trying to promote the Asia-Pacific NATOIZATION, its essence is to kidnap regional countries, exaggerate conflict and confrontation, will only make the Asia-Pacific fall into the vortex of tearing disputes and conflicts. What the Asia-Pacific needs today is open and inclusive cooperation, not a small circle of gangs. We must not forget the profound suffering brought to peoples by the two world wars, and we must not allow such tragic history to be repeated.
On the South China Sea issue, Defense Minister Li said: Every year, tens of thousands of ships from various countries pass through the South China Sea, and the total value of cargo transported to the South China Sea reaches $3.5 trillion. He said that the atmosphere of national unity in the region needs to be cherished. It is normal for neighbors to have differences, but some countries outside the region are sowing discord behind their backs, and we must distinguish the interests and remain sober about this.
The day before, on June 3, US Secretary of Defense Austin warned in a speech at the "incense meeting" that once a war broke out in the Taiwan Strait, it would be "devastating" and would affect the global economy "in ways we cannot imagine". He also said Washington would not tolerate "coercion and bullying" from China.
Li Shangfu reiterated China's consistent attitude on the Taiwan issue on the 4th, and at the same time said that Sino-US relations "have a bearing on global strategic stability", and he also warned the US side: "It is undeniable that if there is a fierce conflict and confrontation between China and the United States, it will be an unbearable pain for the world." ”
At the same time, Defense Minister Li said that in the more than 70 years since the founding of New China, it has never taken the initiative to provoke a conflict, never invaded an inch of other countries' land, never launched a proxy war, and is a major country with the best peace record in the world. We adhere to the path of peaceful development, but we will never give up safeguarding our legitimate rights, let alone sacrifice the core interests of the country. "There is a widely sung song in China, the lyrics of which read, friends come with good wine, jackals come with shotguns. This reflects the national character of the Chinese people who are kind and friendly and are not afraid of power. ”