punishment for those responsible for this terrible loss of life. china s minister of defence has told asia s largest security conference that his country won t hesitate for a second to use force in defence of its claims over taiwan, a day after his american counterpart criticised him for refusing a meeting. tensions between the us and beijing have been on display at the shangri la dialogue, an annual summit which takes place in singapore. taking to the stage a couple of hours ago, general li shang fu reiterated china s staunch line that taiwan is its territory, and warned other countries not to interfere there. translation: we will strive | for the prospect of peacefully reunification with most sincerity and greatest efforts, but we make no promise to announce the use of force. if anyone there is to separate
china s or interest but i find it mostly interest that president xi talked last october that china has a maximum sincerity and would do its utmost for peaceful reunification. this actually strikes a chord with what i have heard during secretary austin s speech, or the australia pot prime ministers speech when they say conflict is not inevitable. by stressing that utmost sincerity and the utmost efforts, i believe the conclusion is the same, that china is still patient with this issue and china would like to strive for peaceful reunification.- to strive for peaceful reunification. ., ., reunification. but he had a very strong reunification. but he had a very strong message, - reunification. but he had a very strong message, if i reunification. but he had a l very strong message, if they reunification. but he had a - very strong message, if they do toe that line, they will enact and they will defend what they considered to be an internal issue. ., ., , considered to be an internal is