China seeks dialogue, says clash with U.S. would be ‘unbearable disaster’

SINGAPORE, June 4 (Reuters) – Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu said on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an “unbearable disaster” but that his country seeks dialogue over confrontation. Speaking at Asia’s top security summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, dressed in the uniform of a general in the People’s Liberation Army, Li said the world was big enough for China and the U.S. to grow together. “China and the U.S. have different systems and are different in many other ways,” he said in a speech that marked his first significant international address since he was named China’s Minister…