China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu accuses U.S. of ‘provocation,’ warns of ‘disaster’ of war

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Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu gestures before delivering his speech during a plenary session of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue at the Shangri-la hotel in Singapore on Sunday. Photo by How Hwee Young/EPA-EFE June 4 (UPI) -- China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu has accused the United States of "provocation" and warned of the "unbearable disaster" of war between the two nations. Gen. Li made his remarks in a speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on the heels of a near collision of U.S. and Chinese warships in the Taiwan Strait, according to a news...