Fragility and cooperation: the takeaways from Dong Jun’s Xiangshan Forum speech

Advertisement Fragility and cooperation: the takeaways from Dong Jun’s Xiangshan Forum speech The Chinese defence minister officially opens the security conference with a warning about ‘zero-sum’ mindsets 2-MIN READ2-MIN Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun gave a keynote speech to the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Wednesday, with just over a week until a summit in the United States between the presidents of the two countries. In his 20-minute address, Dong outlined China’s goals for global governance, multilateralism, conflict prevention and the development of emerging technology. Global security at a ‘moment of fragility’ Dong started by warning that a “zero-sum mindset” could not resolve today’s problems. He said that while China upheld a cooperative security approach, global governance would either advance or regress. Select Voice Select Speed 1x AI-generated voice [Image text:] wes ENGCH 2025.8.15-1 ADM.Dong Jun