At an international forum in Singapore, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is refocusing its strength and policies on deterring China, and coaxed China's neighbors and U.S. allies to help.

China accused Hegseth of vilifying the country with defamatory accusations and criticized him for promoting a Cold War ...

He covers U.S.-China relations ... we are on the path to better relations with regional countries—so we don't need the U.S. to teach us." "I think Secretary Hegseth is kind of trying to ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied China’s claim the Golden Dome would turn space into a "war zone." "All we care about is protecting the homeland," Hegseth told Fox News Digital while ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies ... caught in between have tried to balance relations with both the U.S. and China over the years. Beijing is the primary ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday in Singapore attempted to woo Asian defense leaders to Washington’s side as he warned of the “imminent” threat China poses to the Indo-Pacific region.

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. “The threat China poses is ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... critique, arguing they did just that. The head of Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo has said that the U.S. military would still win in a fight against ...

China lodged a protest over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech at a defense forum in Singapore on Saturday, even as Beijing chose not to send its top military diplomat to the annual event.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not be left alone to face ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a stark warning to Asian allies on Saturday, portraying the threat China poses to the region as “real, and it could be imminent.” In his first speech ...