Chinese defence minister praises nation's policies in Xinjiang Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe delivers a speech at Asia's top defence summit, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore. During a question and answer section, the general defended and praised China's policies in the western region of Xinjiang, where authorities have implemented draconian security measures from banning long beards and Islamic veils to placing an estimated one million mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in internment camps. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES