EDITORIAL: China’s Shangri-La diatribeThe speeches at the Shangri-La Dialogue defense forum in Singapore from Friday last week to Monday predominantly focused on maintaining peace, prosperity and international law, but it was difficult to ignore the underlying sense of frustration and menace. Regional players such as the US, Indonesia, the Philippines and China presented their viewpoints. It was unfortunate that there were no representatives from Taiwan given a chance to speak or even attend. Austin did not mention China as the sole driver behind the “new convergence” approach; Marcos did not refer to China in the context of the South China Sea maritime disputes. More importantly, it is time to include Taiwan in forums on regional peace and security.
