China's defence minister said on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an "unbearable disaster" and his country seeks dialogue over confrontation, despite refusing American demands for military-to-military talks. Speaking at Asia's top security summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, dressed in the uniform of a general in the People's Liberation Army, General Li Shangfu said the world was big enough for China and the US to grow together. "China and the US have different systems and are different in many other ways," he said in a speech that marked his first significant international address since he was ... (full story)