China's defence minister has defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait. 9News
In his first international public address since becoming defence minister in March, General Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that China doesn't have any problems with "innocent passage" but that "we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation , that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation".
Those and previous incidents have raised concerns of a possible accident occurring that could lead to an escalation between the two nations at a time when tensions are already high. He accused the US and others of "meddling in China's internal affairs" by providing Taiwan with defence support and training, and conducting high-level diplomatic visits.
Li scoffed at the notion, saying "some country takes a selective approach to rules and international laws"."Its so-called 'rules-based international order' never tells you what the rules are and who made these rules."Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu delivers his speech on the last day of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday.
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