China's Defense Minister To Skip Shangri-La Dialogue for First Time Since 2019

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China’s defense chief is skipping the Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time since 2019. A Chinese military delegation will attend instead as regional tensions and U.S.-China ties take center stage at the Singapore forum.

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00:00Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun is not attending this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore,

00:05the first time China's top military official has missed the summit since 2019.

00:11Instead, a delegation from Beijing's National Defense University is being sent to the three-day

00:16annual security forum, which kicked off today. French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Defense

00:22Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the world leaders attending the forum. Analysts expect

00:26they will discuss issues including the war in Ukraine, U.S. tariffs,

00:30and regional military tensions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.

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