On Monday, the Pentagon reported that China had declined an American request for a meeting in Singapore between China’s new defence minister Li Shangfu and his American counterpart Lloyd Austin.
The news is a disappointing development for the annual Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), a high-level conclave of defence ministers held annually in Singapore.
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