Earlier, Hegseth had told U.S. lawmakers that China was undergoing "an unprecedented military buildup" that could threaten ...

A senior Chinese official accused the United States defense chief on Thursday of “inciting confrontation and conflict” after ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a stark warning to America’s allies in Asia. Speaking at the IISS Shangri-La ...

BEIJING: A senior Chinese official accused the United States defence chief on Thursday of "inciting confrontation and ...

Hegseth issued his starkest warning yet over China's military ambitions, telling allies that Beijing’s threat to Taiwan is “real” and potentially “imminent.” The post Pete Hegseth Warns ...

SINGAPORE—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed that there would be “devastating consequences” should China seek to “conquer” Taiwan, in a speech that appeared aimed at easing concerns in ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday ... particularly in its aggressive stance toward Taiwan. China has conducted numerous exercises to test what a ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a chilling warning on the China threat during a defense summit in Singapore. He said on Saturday that the threat from China was potentially imminent as he ...

Pete Hegseth reaffirmed in a speech in Singapore that the U.S. does not seek conflict with China, but to deter China the U.S. "is preparing for war, to deter war." ...

Unlike his predecessor, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth name-dropped China in his speech to the same security conference multiple times, as if to shame the Asian superpower for running roughshod ...