China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe delivers his keynote speech at the Xiangshan security forum in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Minnie Chan

Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe demands US retract allegations of interference

Calls on US to ‘remedy the mistakes’ and vows military would act against any move to separate Taiwan from China
Comments follow Communist Party’s third-ranking Li Zhanshu denouncing ‘alliances aimed at third parties’

Topic | US-China relations

Minnie Chan

Published: 12:00pm, 25 Oct, 2018

Updated: 12:09pm, 26 Oct, 2018

China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe delivers his keynote speech at the Xiangshan security forum in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Minnie Chan

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Minnie Chan

Minnie Chan is an award-winning journalist, specialising in reporting on defence and diplomacy in China. Her coverage of the US EP-3 spy plane crash with a PLA J-8 in 2001 near the South China Sea opened her door to the military world. Since then, she has had several scoops relating to China's military development. She has been at the Post since 2005 and has a master's in international public affairs from The University of Hong Kong.