WORLD_ Hegseth gets face-to-face chance to sway Asian allies, take measure of Chinese rivals

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Hegseth gets face-to-face chance to sway Asian allies, take measure of Chinese rivals

U.S. ecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends along with President Donald Trump a business roundtable, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) more >

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times - Tuesday, May 27, 2025


Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth will be in the spotlight Friday at a high-profile annual defense conference in Singapore attended by Asian politicians, military officials and industry executives, including representatives from China.

The Trump administration official is expected to make the case at the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue that Asian allies should strengthen ties with the U.S. amid growing concerns about China flexing its economic and military muscle in the region.

The Friday-to-Sunday conference offers Mr. Hegseth his first opportunity to interact face-to-face with senior Chinese security officials, as well as politicians, officers and pundits from across the Indo-Pacific.

Mr. Hegseth’s well-publicized focus on upgrading U.S military lethality contrasts with China’s operational approach in the region.

While pundits focus on China’s expanding nuclear, naval and aerial arsenals, Beijing, which has not fired a shot in anger since a skirmish with Vietnam in 1988, is currently advancing using nonlethal tactics.

Indian defenses in the high Himalayas appear, after lethal punch-ups in 2022, to have halted Chinese advances over disputed territory. Japan’s Coast Guard is — despite pressure — holding Chinese Coast Guard and “maritime militias,” or weaponized fishing fleets, from the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.

Elsewhere, China is gaining ground.

According to the Maritime Transparency Initiative, it has terra-formed reefs and islets into a network of 27 outposts across the South China Sea — some with missiles and jetfighter airstrips.

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