U.S.-China tensions dominate gathering of Asian defense leaders
SINGAPORE - China's defense minister on Sunday rejected U.S. allegations of aggressive behavior in Asia and vowed Beijing would take military action to defend its claims over Taiwan and the contested South China Sea.
Wei Fenghe defended China's construction of "limited military facilities" on man-made islands in the South China Sea, rejecting smaller neighbors' challenges of Beijing's wide-ranging territorial claims in those waters.
"There is no dispute as to China's legitimacy to build facilities on its own territories," Wei told an audience at the Shangri-La Dialogue,
