Shangri-La Dialogue: US-China Tensions Take Center Stage

The US has hyped up the "China threat" theory ahead of the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, with growing speculation about the meeting between the Chinese and US defense ministers. Despite recent high-level engagements, the US-China rivalry has entered a much profound and multi-dimensional scope, with Washington treating China as a competitor. The US military accused China of conducting an "unprofessional" intercept of a US spy plane over the South China Sea, but Chinese officials and experts say it is the US that has initiated provocative military operations near China. The US-China rivalry has become multi-dimensional and could get more intense in the future, some experts warn.