Singapore Parley Glosses Over Divisions Between China, United States
Defense chiefs from the two nations managed to smile and shake hands without attempting to hash out the bitter differences that appear to be going from bad to worse.

The gathering of defense chiefs from 25 countries at Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel did more to deepen, sharpen and define insurmountable obstacles than to head off the rising confrontation between American and Communist Chinese forces in Asia.
As if to dramatize how deep is the standoff, the Chinese provided a prime example of the tensions that now are raising concerns about the dangers of war breaking out in the region’s disputed skies and waters.
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