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Li Shangfu: War with US would be unbearable disaster, says China defence minister
At a security summit, General Li Shangfu said "some countries" were intensifying an arms race in Asia.
But he said the world was big enough for both China and the US, and the two superpowers should seek common ground.
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Despite the diplomatic spat, a top US state department official has arrived in Beijing for a week of wide-ranging talks.
Relations between Washington and Beijing have been strained in recent years over several issues, including China's claim over Taiwan, and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65803311
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Li Shangfu: War with US would be unbearable disaster, says China defence minister (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Jun 2023
OP
The Chinese dictatorship hates freedom and does not it any where near their people.
Irish_Dem
Jun 2023
#5
James48
(4,444 posts)1. China and the USA should become better friends.
The only way freedom will take hold there is to build much better long term relationships. Teach them about freedom, and their own history.
Nuclear war would be a disaster.
Irish_Dem
(47,697 posts)5. The Chinese dictatorship hates freedom and does not it any where near their people.
David__77
(23,598 posts)2. I'm certain he did not refer to China as a "superpower."
BBC is very heavy handed in its editorializing.
ret5hd
(20,557 posts)3. Hmmm...I notice Russia isn't mentioned...
as a superpower that there is room for.
I wonder if the books and players are already being rewritten. Putin exposed more than he bargained for.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,050 posts)4. China sadly missed an opportunity
To move to democracy in 1989.
Hopefully, it was not the last.
Today is the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre