‘Our world is facing multiple crises rarely seen in history - the way forward is to uphold and practice multilateralism. Peace and development should be a shared goal of humanity’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022 
‘We should strengthen solidarity and coordination, and oppose confrontation and division. We should uphold fairness and justice, and oppose hegemony’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘We should uphold the rule of law and oppose acting on one’s own … We should not interfere in others’ internal affairs and say no to unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘The obsession with arrogance, bias and so-called values-based alliances only turns away from common values of democracy and freedom’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘The Chinese government and military will add positive momentum to our changing world. China’s development is not a threat to others’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘China is committed to building a new type of international relations based on mutual respect, fairness and justice. The Chinese military is always a force for peace’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘Taiwan is China, period. The Taiwan question is China’s internal affair. China will definitely realise its reunification’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘If anyone dares to secede Taiwan from China, we will not hesitate to fight, we will fight at all costs and we will fight to the very end’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘Taiwan independence is a dead end … No one can stop China’s path towards reunification’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘China calls for turning the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. China respects freedom of navigation under international law’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
‘China calls for settling maritime disputes in the South China Sea through friendly consultation’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
On US-China relations: ‘If you want to talk, we should talk with mutual respect. If you want confrontation, we will fight to the very end’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
On Ukraine: ‘Conflict is the last thing China wants to see. We do not believe that maximum pressure or sanctions can solve the problem. If anything, they exacerbate tensions and complicate matters’ | Wei Fenghe, China's Minister of National Defense #SLD22 go.iiss.org/SLD2022
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