China Knocks Hegseth's 'Cold War Mentality' After He Calls The Country A Threat | rssama.com

The overseas ministry said Hegseth vilified Beijing pinch defamatory allegations nan erstwhile time astatine nan Shangri-La Dialogue, a world information conference. The connection besides accused nan United States of inciting conflict and confrontation successful nan region.

“Hegseth deliberately ignored nan telephone for bid and improvement by countries successful nan region, and alternatively touted nan Cold War mentality for bloc confrontation,” it said, referring to nan post-World War II rivalry betwixt nan U.S. and nan erstwhile Soviet Union.

“No state successful nan world deserves to beryllium called a hegemonic powerfulness different than nan U.S. itself,” it said, alleging that Washington is besides undermining bid and stableness successful nan Asia-Pacific.

Hegseth said successful Singapore connected Saturday that Washington will bolster its defenses overseas to antagonistic what nan Pentagon sees arsenic quickly processing threats by Beijing, peculiarly successful its fierce stance toward Taiwan.

China has denounced Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, present astatine nan Shangri-La Dialogue Summit successful Singapore connected May 31, for calling nan federation a threat.

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China’s service “is rehearsing for nan existent deal,” Hegseth said. “We are not going to sugarcoat it — nan threat China poses is real. And it could beryllium imminent.”

A ‘provocation’ by Hegseth

The Chinese connection said nan matter of Taiwan is China’s soul matter and that nan U.S. should “never play pinch fire” pinch it. The connection besides alleged Washington had deployed violative weaponry successful nan South China Sea, was “stoking flames and creating tensions successful nan Asia-Pacific” and “turning nan region into a powder keg.”

Spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang of China’s defense ministry called Hegseth’s comments a provocation and said they distorted China’s argumentation positions.

The U.S. and China had reached a woody past period to cut U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs from 145% to 30% for 90 days, creating clip for negotiators from some sides to scope a much substantive agreement. China besides reduced its taxes connected U.S. equipment from 125% to 10%.

But it’s uncertain if a waste and acquisition warfare truce will last. Trump successful a societal media station connected Friday said he would no longer beryllium “nice” pinch China erstwhile it comes to waste and acquisition and accused Beijing of breaking an unspecified statement pinch nan U.S.

The matter of nan Philippines

At nan Singapore forum connected Sunday, Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro scoffed astatine nan thought that nan U.S. was nan problem.

The Philippines has been progressive successful increasingly convulsive clashes pinch China complete competing claims successful nan South China Sea. Teodoro said what nan Chinese authorities saw arsenic adjacent mightiness beryllium contrary to nan norms accepted by nan remainder of nan world.

The Chinese Embassy successful Singapore successful abstracted Facebook posts described Teodoro’s remarks arsenic “groundless accusations” and based on that nan South China Sea Islands are China’s inherent territories.

The “troublemaker” is not China, it said, and cited what it said were caller forbidden intrusions by nan Philippines into nan waters adjacent to 2 reefs.

“Some extracurricular power” was posing nan biggest threat to bid pinch nan deployment of violative weapons and roping successful friends for predominant subject drills, it said, without naming anyone.

“Which state is coercing and bullying others, and instigating conflicts and confrontation successful nan South China Sea? The reply is clear to all,” it said.

And past location was Macron

The embassy did not sanction Macron successful its station connected Facebook, but nan station included a photograph showing nan French president astatine nan Singapore forum.

“If 1 tries to denounce ‘double standards’ done nan lens of a double standard, nan only consequence we tin get is still double standard,” it said.

China, which usually sends its defense curate to nan Shangri-La forum, this clip sent a lower-level delegation led by Maj. Gen. Hu Gangfeng, nan vice president of nan People’s Liberation Army National Defense University.