Every year, Singapore's Shangri-La Dialogue brings together defence ministers and other senior players in the world of strategy and geopolitics from across Asia and beyond. It therefore offers a vital opportunity for low-key encounters that may carry outsize diplomatic significance.
This year, it worked its magic again when it provided the setting for a hastily arranged meeting between China's Defence Minister Wei Fenghe and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles.
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