"US-China tensions escalate at security summit over Taiwan Strait and potential war"

The US and China traded barbs at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin calling out China for refusing to engage in military dialogue, and China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu accusing the US of lacking sincerity. The war of words occurred as a China warship came within 150 yards of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, which separates China and Taiwan. The incident underscored the potential for conflict as relations between the two global powers stay strained.