Asia-Pacific people against attempts at turning into vassal states, bloc confrontation: Chinese defense minister

SINGAPORE, June 2 (Xinhua) -- People in the Asia-Pacific are against any attempt to turn their countries into vassal states or draw them into bloc confrontations, and hope to live in an equal and orderly multipolar world, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said here on Sunday.

In an address delivered at the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue held in Singapore, Dong said countries in the Asia-Pacific have the ability and co