China Defence Chief Warns on Coercion, Avoids US and Japan — SkimNews
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- China's defence minister addressed a security forum calling on nations to curb 'regressive historical trends' and end 'provocative acts,' framing his remarks as a broad appeal against coercion and aggression.
- The speech also pressed for stepped-up international AI governance, per Bloomberg's headline, and — per Al Jazeera — notably omitted any mention of the United States or Japan despite the broader anti-coercion warning.
Why it matters: By packaging an AI oversight call alongside anti-coercion rhetoric while leaving the US and Japan unnamed, Beijing positions itself as a defender of multilateral norms without identifying the countries whose conduct it targets — a diplomatic framing that lets China shape the rules-based narrative without direct confrontation.
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