China Calls for a new Sino-Centric, American-Excluding Asian Security Structure

China's president called Wednesday for the creation of a new Asian structure for security cooperation based on a regional group that includes Russia and Iran and excludes the United States.

President Xi Jinping spoke at a meeting in Shanghai of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building measures in Asia, a little-known group that has taken on significance as Beijing tries to extend its influence and limit that of the United States, which it sees as a strategic rival.

"We need to innovate our security cooperation (and) establish a new regional security cooperation architecture," said Xi, speaking to an audience that included Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Central Asian countries.

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