China warns it 'will never have any patience' with any nation in the South China Sea
China 's Lieutenant General He Lei attends the fifth plenary session during 16th Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore. The US and China have verbally spared over the area. China will"crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said on Thursday on the sidelines of a defence forum.
"We in the Chinese People's Liberation Army will resolutely crush any foreign hostile encroachment on China's territorial, sovereign and maritime rights and interests with firm determination, staunch will, strong capability and effective means," He said. He also confirmed that US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Michael Chase would attend this week's Xiangshan forum in Beijing.
Scores of delegates were in the Chinese capital Thursday for the Xiangshan forum, dubbed China's answer to Singapore's annual"Shangri-La" meeting.
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