Singapore. There has been tension between the US and China for a long time. Both countries keep trying to outdo each other. Meanwhile, China has made a big allegation against the US. A Chinese official has said that the US is forming a NATO-like group through its Indo-Pacific strategy to maintain its dominance in the Asia-Pacific region.

China's Defense Ministry has said this. He said, America's aim behind forming a NATO-like group in Asia-Pacific is to reduce China's influence.

There was a discussion on Shangri La Dialogue

The statement of Lieutenant General Jing Jianfeng, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, came in response to the speech of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the Shangri-La Dialogue in which he talked about strengthening alliances and partnerships. Let us tell you that the Shangri-La Dialogue, held every year in Singapore, is Asia's major defense summit.

Lieutenant General Jing said during this conference, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also known as the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member countries - 30 European and 2 North American. He said, the Indo-Pacific strategy is creating conflict among themselves.

America will benefit only when Asia is safe

General Jing Jianfeng says the aim is to merge the small circle of the Asia-Pacific version of NATO into the larger circle to maintain US-led dominance. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam claim parts of it.

He also said that America can remain safe only when Asia remains safe. This is why America has been maintaining its presence in the Asian region for a long time.