China Defence Minister Warns Against ‘NATO-like’ Alliances in Asia-Pacific

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China’s defence minister warned Sunday against establishing “NATO-like" military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a “whirlpool" of conflict. “In essence, attempts to push for NATO-like (alliances) in the Asia-Pacific is a way of kidnapping regional countries and exaggerating conflicts and confrontations, which will only plunge the Asia-Pacific into a whirlpool of disputes and conflicts," Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. “Today’s Asia-Pacific needs open and inclusive cooperation, not buddying up into small cliques. We must not forget the severe disasters brought by the two world wars to...