China’s defense minister finally had his turn on stage at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday, and after listening to the United States scold China for two days, Gen. Wei Fenghe came prepared with Beijing’s own perspective — or what many later called pure propaganda — on a long list of contentious issues between the two powers. Director of Foreign Policy and Defence Ashley Townshend is interviewed in Defense One on the Shangri-La Dialogue and comments on Wei's statement.