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Shangri-La Dialogue 2024
US dumps the megaphone, China speaks to two audiences
Countries refrained from calling China out by name, but it does not mean anxieties have dissipated.
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China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun delivering his speech in a plenary session of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2.
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Call it a blessing of omission. You would not have guessed it from reading headlines, but there is a palpable shift in approach, with other countries appearing to pare back their bashing of China. At least by name.
Chalk it up to the water at the Shangri-La in Singapore, perhaps. It seems to have tempered aggression.
