Chinese Defense Minister’s Bellicose Remarks Draw Ire in Taiwan

Chinese Defense Minister’s Bellicose Remarks Draw Ire in Taiwan
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe addresses the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 2, 2019. Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—Recent remarks by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe while at a Singapore security summit has drawn ire in Taiwan.

While attending the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s biggest security summit, Wei said that it was the “correct” decision for Beijing to crack down on student pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square back in 1989.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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