General Lee's Response to Mr. Austin's Keynote Address

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General Lee cast China as a regional bully in America's keynote address. His words were intended to convey both firmness, but also reassurance. He didn't mention the United States directly by name, but it was clear who he was talking about when he talked about outsiders trying to impose hegemony.

At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent. A naval spat in the Taiwan Strait looms large over relations. What will it take for both sides to talk? In Brazil, Lula faces an uphill battle to undo his predecessor’s policies. And are British boarding schools worth it?

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