LaRouchePAC Daily: Dramatic Steps in Singapore To Prevent U.S.-China Military Conflict

U.S., Chinese and Russian Defense Ministers were part of the “ASEAN Plus” forum in Singapore this week, where dramatic steps were taken to prevent any U.S.-China conflict in the South China Sea. After years of intense efforts by the Bush and Obama Administrations to provoke a military showdown with China over sovereignty issues in the South China Sea, Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen announced Saturday that ASEAN naval contingents were on their way to Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province (the base for the PLA Navy) to take part in a joint ASEAN-China naval exercise in the South China Sea, beginning Monday. Ng also announced, following a meeting of ASEAN defense ministers with their U.S. counterpart, Gen. James Mattis, that ASEAN and the U.S. will also hold naval exercises sometime next year (location to be determined).READ MORE