War with U.S. would be ‘unbearable disaster’: China minister

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Days after the U.S. accused China of needling its military in international waters, the Asian nation’s defense secretary General Li Shangfu said war with America would be an “unbearable disaster” for the world. It was Shangfu’s first major speech since being named China’s defense minister, BBC News reported. He spoke at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, an annual Asia-Pacific region security summit also attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Advertisement Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu delivers his speech on the last day of the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and...