Beijing: Pete Hegseth Calling Out China’s Territorial Claims Is Unfair ‘Bullying’
The Chinese Defense Ministry published an incensed screed condemning Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin to Meet Chinese Defense Minister amid Taiwan Tensions
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is scheduled to meet with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun in Singapore this weekend, holding the first face-to-face bilateral defense meeting in 18 months.
China Says Indian Military No Threat to PLA, Deadly Train Crash Proves Modi Incompetent
Chinese delegates to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Shanghai this weekend scoffed at the notion India’s military could challenge the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China, while Chinese state media portrayed a deadly Indian train crash as evidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is incompetent and untrustworthy.
Chinese Defense Minister Threatens to Attack Taiwan ‘Without Any Hesitation’
Chinese National Defense Minister Li Shangfu, making his debut on the international stage, told attendees at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday that the communist nation’s military would attack “without any hesitation” against any allies of Taiwan seeking to support the nation’s independence from Beijing.
Report: World Spy Chiefs Gather in Singapore for Secret Security Meeting
Senior officials from some two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies gathered for a secret meeting in Singapore over the weekend on the sidelines of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue.
Defense Minister: China ‘Will Not Hesitate to Fight’ America If It Defends Taiwan
Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe appeared to threaten a war with America during remarks on Sunday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a global security conference in Singapore, asserting that the Communist Party would “fight to the very end” to annex Taiwan.
China Threatens Military Action to Hold Taiwan, Just Like Abraham Lincoln Would Do
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore this weekend that Beijing is prepared to use military force to back up its claims on Taiwan and disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Pentagon Chief: Beijing’s South China Sea Military Occupation ‘Overkill, Excessive’
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Friday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a major Asian security summit held in Singapore.
Mattis Slams ‘China’s Militarization of Artificial Features’ in South China Sea
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called out China for militarizing “artificial features” in the South China Sea — a dig at China’s placing weapons on land features claimed by several countries that China has turned into islands.
Mattis Expected to Call Out Chinese Militarization in the South China Sea in Singapore
SINGAPORE — Although Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to discuss North Korea during his talks with allies and partners at an annual defense conference in Singapore, he is also expected to address the other 800-lb. gorilla in the room — China.
