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

SINGAPORE--U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressure from China, while ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an "imminent" threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Indo-Pacific allies that the U.S. is standing with them against increasing military pressure from China.

BEIJING (AP) -- China on Sunday denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold W ...

Pete Hegseth is sounding the alarm on China. “There’s no reason to sugarcoat it,” President Donald Trump’s defense secretary said at a summit in Singapore.

BEIJING − China protested to the United States against "vilifying" remarks made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the foreign ministry said June 1, while accusing Washington of deliberately ...

On a visit to Asia, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled the U.S. will reorient its policy in the region toward, as he put it, quote, "deterring aggression by communist China." NPR's Anthony ...

Beijing says the US defence secretary’s comments that it is rehearsing for the real deal ‘ignored the calls of regional countries for peace and development’.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said China’s threat to Taiwan ‘could be imminent,’ in what was his most assertive statement to date on Taiwan during a security conference in Singapore.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressure from China.

Also advising Trump is General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s highest-ranking military ...