Shangri-La Should Not Be a Mere Talkfest on the CCP Threat

A Chinese cyclist rides by a newspaper with a front page photo featuring the People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in military exercise with the headline "Chinese Military Exercise Frightens Pro-Independence" Aug. 7, 2002 in Beijing, China.Kevin Lee/Getty Images

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I was reminded that Shangri-La is a fictional utopian paradise valley in Tibet as I read the remarks of the Chinese defence minister to the Singaporean security conference held in the hotel named after the mythical land.