US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Asian allies to increase defence spending against China's military buildup while describing US-China relations as improved and omitting Taiwan from his prepared remarks. The speech followed a Trump-Xi summit framing ties as a 'constructive partnership' and came after the US paused Taiwan arms sales…
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