{"id":51673,"date":"2026-05-29T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/51673\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:43:11","slug":"exclusive-chinese-and-uk-officials-at-shangri-la-dialogue-vow-to-strengthen-military-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/51673\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Chinese and UK officials at Shangri-La Dialogue vow to strengthen military ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China and British delegations discussed concrete plans to strengthen military engagement during talks on Friday on the sidelines of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3355075\/what-watch-shangri-la-dialogue-after-trumps-china-visit-resets-ties?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a major security event<\/a> in Singapore.Major General Meng Xiangqing, who led the Chinese delegation to Asia\u2019s largest defence summit, the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/shangri-la-dialogue?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shangri-La Dialogue<\/a>, met United Kingdom military officials, signalling both militaries\u2019 willingness to maintain communication.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Major General Meng Xiangqing (centre) meets Britain\u2019s Air Commodore Dom Stamp on Friday. Photo: Amber Wang\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b7fab347-18ea-4dfa-b025-f416a756a58b_0d1ce34e.jpg\" title=\"Major General Meng Xiangqing (centre) meets Britain\u2019s Air Commodore Dom Stamp on Friday. Photo: Amber Wang\"\/>Major General Meng Xiangqing (centre) meets Britain\u2019s Air Commodore Dom Stamp on Friday. Photo: Amber Wang<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meng, a professor at the PLA National Defence University, told the British officials that military-to-military relations were an important component of China-UK ties, adding that \u201crelations between the two militaries have developed steadily in recent years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Chinese delegation taking part in the bilateral talks also included Senior Colonel Liu Wanxia, a professor at the National Defence University. The UK side included Royal Air Force official Dom Stamp.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meng noted that then UK Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Tony Radakin\u2019s visit to China last year helped advance bilateral relations. It marked the first visit by the head of the British Armed Forces to China in a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China and British delegations discussed concrete plans to strengthen military engagement during talks on Friday on the sidelines&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[2584,8589,13,255,8125,25701,25704,25705,25703,1572,3252,25706,9783,5,6,25702],"class_list":["post-51673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-asia-pacific","tag-beijing","tag-britain","tag-china","tag-chinese","tag-dong-jun","tag-guangdong","tag-jiang-bin","tag-meng-xiangqing","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-royal-air-force","tag-shangri-la-dialogue","tag-singapore","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-zhuhai"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116657927244986056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}