SINGAPORE -- A Sunday morning speaking slot at the Shangri-La Dialogue reserved for a high-ranking Chinese military official was left unfilled, after China scaled down its presence at the annual Singapore defense forum.
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China's Hu Gangfeng leads a delegation from the People's Liberation Army National Defense University at this year's Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, in the absence of Defense Minister Dong Jun. © Reuters
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