The Chinese military’s top diplomat will not attend Asia’s premier defense forum in Singapore this week, the defense ministry said on May 28, as questions swirl about the armed forces’ combat readiness amid the ongoing political cleansing.
China will send a delegation led by Maj. Gen. Meng Xiangqing, a professor at the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University, to join the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from May 29 to 31, a defense ministry spokesperson said at a monthly briefing in Beijing.
It marks the second consecutive year that China’s defense minister, Adm. Dong Jun, will be absent from the event, which will bring together regional defense chiefs from dozens of countries, including U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth….
China’s Defense Minister to Skip Singapore’s Flagship Security Forum for 2nd Year
