China’s Defense Minister to Skip Shangri-La Dialogue for Second Year

China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun attends the ASEAN - China Defence Ministers' Luncheon as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on October 31, 2025. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain / POOL / AFP)

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun will skip this week’s Shangri-La Dialogue, after Beijing on Thursday said it is sending a delegation of “experts and scholars” from the People’s Liberation Army to the security forum.

China will be represented by officials from PLA-run research institutes and the navy, defense ministry spokesperson Jiang Bin said on Thursday. Last year, Beijing had also dispatched a similar and relatively low-level delegation to the event.

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