{{China has denounced the Japanese PM and US defence secretary for making “provocative” speeches against China at an Asian security forum in Singapore.}}
Chinese army general Wang Guanzhong said Chuck Hagel and Shinzo Abe’s comments at the Shangri-La Dialogue were “unacceptable”.
Mr Hagel had earlier said China was “destabilising” the South China Sea.
Meanwhile, Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe had vowed to give greater support to South-East Asian countries.
The forum, which brings together the US and South-East Asian countries, comes amid growing tensions between China, Vietnam and the Philippines, with Japan-China ties also strained over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
{{‘Unwanted criticisms’}}
Apparently deviating from his prepared speech, Mr Wang accused Japanese Prime Minister Abe and Defence Secretary Hagel of coordinating and encouraging each other to attack China in their remarks.
He said it was “unimaginable” to receive such “unwanted criticisms against China”.
In a keynote address on Friday, Japan’s Shinzo Abe outlined his vision for a more robust role in resolving territorial disputes in the region.
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