Senior Chinese general Wang Guanzhong's upset at criticism of his country by Japan and the United States.
Speaking at a security summit in Singapore, the deputy chief of China's People's Liberation Army, went off script to hit back.
(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) DEPUTY CHIEF OF CHINA'S PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY, WANG GUANZHONG SAYING:
"Mr Abe and Mr Hagel's speech is a form of provocation towards China. One of my foreign friends told me, for Mr Abe as a Prime Minister and Mr Hagel as a Secretary of Defense, of two big countries, to make such accusations towards China at an event like this, is unthinkable. This is totally beyond my expectations."
On Saturday US. secretary of defense Chuck Hagel warned China to stop destabilising actions in support of territorial claims
(SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL SAYING:
"China has called the South China Sea a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation and that's what it should be. But in recent
