South China Morning PostMay 30, 2026, 2:43 AM1
‘Clear-eyed’ on China: the takeaways from Pete Hegseth’s Shangri-La speech
The speech was expected to be a barometer of the summit’s outcomes between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump.Here are some of the main points from Hegseth’s address.Tough on China, but less confrontationalHegseth referred to China’s “historic military

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