It also accuses the United States of provoking Beijing.It also accuses the United States of provoking Beijing.
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It also accuses the United States of provoking Beijing.
Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu delivers a speech in Singapore on June 4, 2023. | AP Photo/Vincent Thian
By Associated Press
06/04/2023 06:56 AM EDT
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SINGAPORE — China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.
