Fragility and cooperation: the takeaways from Dong Jun’s Xiangshan Forum speech
Por Seong Hyeon Choi — South China Morning Post – News feed
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The Chinese defence minister officially opens the security conference with a warning about ‘zero-sum’ mindsets
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Seong Hyeon Choi Published: 10:12am, 16 Sep 2026 Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun gave a keynote speech to the Xiangshan Foru m in Beijing on Wednesday, with just over a week until a summit in the United States between the presidents of the two countries.
In his 20-minute address, Dong outlined China’s goals for global governance, multilateralism, conflict prevention and the development of emerging technology.
Global security at a ‘moment of fragility’
Dong started by warning that a “zero-sum mindset” could not resolve today’s problems.
He said that while China upheld a cooperative security approach, global governance would either advance or regress.
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