Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged on May 31 that the United States would continue to support Indo-Pacific allies in maintaining peace and stability, as he warned of an imminent military threat from China.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Hegseth said that China is making credible preparations to use military force to change “the balance of power” in the Indo-Pacific, noting that while nobody knows what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will do in terms of Taiwan and its other neighbors in the Indo-Pacific, “the U.S. and its allies must nonetheless be ready with urgency and vigilance.”
The CCP, which has never ruled Taiwan, considers the self-governed island to be a renegade province and has never ruled out the possibility of using force to control it….
Hegseth Vows US Support for Indo-Pacific Allies, Warns of ‘Imminent’ China Threat
