epa10670063 China?s Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Former Chinese Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, looks on before a special session of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue at the Shangri-la hotel in Singapore, 03 June 2023. Defense ministers and officials from 41 countries are gathered in the city state for the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual high level defence summit in the Asia Pacific region. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG
