Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu said on Saturday that a Cold War mentality was resurgent in the Asia-Pacific region although his country seeks dialogue over confrontation.
Speaking at the Asia's top security summit in Singapore, the Shangri-La Dialogue, Li took thinly veiled digs at the United States, accusing "some countries" of intensifying an arms race and wilfully interfering in the internal affairs of others.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin rebuked China in a speech at the security meeting on Saturday for refusing to hold military talks, leaving the superpowers deadlocked over democratically ruled Taiwan and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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