China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality.

China criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday for his "vilified ... threat,'" a spokesperson for the ministry said in a statement. "The remarks were filled with provocations ...

China calls Pete Hegseth's remarks "deplorable." Hegseth urged Asian allies to step up defense spending. China warned against "interference" in the South China Sea and Taiwan. BEIJING − China ...

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China has protested to the ... spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang said in a statement posted on the ministry's WeChat account. Hegseth had urged allies in the Indo-Pacific region ...

China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality BEIJING -- China on Sunday denounced U.S. Defense ...

China's foreign and defense ministries issued angry statements after Hegseth called the People's Republic a "threat" at a Singapore conference.

We are not going to sugarcoat it — the threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent.'' A ‘provocation' by Hegseth The Chinese statement said the matter of Taiwan is China's internal ...