that the world was envious and was ganging up on them and that they would just bide their time. Which brings us back to that hotel in Singapore. Every year for the last 10 years the Shangri-La Dialogue is the place where defense representatives from 28 Asia-Pacific nations meet. For the first time ever, China sent its defense minister, General Liang Guanglie. Liang repeatedly told his audience that China was a peace-loving country, with a defense policy that is purely defensive in nature. Liang focused on