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The event, organized by the International Institute of Strategic Studies \u2013 Asia, takes place annually on the first weekend of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the question-and-answer session after his speech, Li was asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9743650\/china-warship-nearly-hits-us-destroyer-taiwan-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\">the new report and video<\/a> of a People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy warship cutting across the bow of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Chung-hoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage was shot by a Canadian news crew who witnessed the event from a Canadian frigate accompanying the American destroyer as they transited through international waters along the Taiwan Strait on June 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maneuver was described at the dialogue by Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund, as \u201cin contravention of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Li said that the Canadian-U.S. voyage cannot be considered \u201cinnocent passage,\u201d but was instead provocation. He questioned why foreign jets and naval vessels were operating so close to China and said foreign militaries should \u201cmind your own business\u201d closer to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The encounter at sea came eight days after the U.S. Department of Defense released video of a Chinese J-16 multirole fighter conducting what DoD called an \u201cunprofessional\u201d intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea by cutting across the latter\u2019s flightpath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maneuver is known as \u201cthumping,\u201d in reference to the interceptor using its jetwash to temporarily disrupt the flight of the aircraft being intercepted with its wake turbulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li declined to directly answer questions from delegates about the performance of the Russian military and equipment during the invasion of Ukraine, saying his recent focus has been on military diplomacy and that he has not been following the conflict from a combat standpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li used his speech to highlight China\u2019s contributions to global security, such as its sending of peacekeepers to seven different conflict zones under the auspices of the United Nations and 139 naval vessels in 44 separate deployments for anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also commented on Taiwan issue, reiterating that the matter is an internal Chinese affair and accusing Taiwan\u2019s ruling Democratic Progressive Party of undermining regional stability by pushing for \u201cincremental independence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Li criticized \u201csome big power,\u201d a reference to the United States, for repeatedly selling arms and providing military training assistance to the self-ruling island. 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