HEGSET warns that China puts a “inevitable” threat of Taiwan and urges Asia to raise protection

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset warned that China is an “inevitable” threat to Taiwan, calling for Asian countries to increase defense costs and work with the US to restrain the war.

While the US does not “seek to dominate and not suppress China,” it will not push out of Asia and not allow intimidation of its allies, said Ggset, addressing the Asian Defense Summit.

In response, China accused the United States of being a “biggest offender” of the regional peace.

Many in Asia are afraid of potential instability when China invades Taiwan, a self -governed island on which Beijing claims. China did not rule out the use of force.

Speaking in the Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore, Hugset characterized China as the desire to become a “hegeman power” that “hopes to dominate and control too many parts” Asia. China has encountered several neighbors from the competing territorial claims in the South -Chinese Sea.

He said that Beijing “is reliably preparing to use the military force to change the balance of power” in Asia, and referred to 2027, which President Xi Jinping allegedly gave for the Chinese military who could invade Taiwan.

This is the date set by US officials and generals for many years, but Beijing has never been confirmed.

China “creates the military necessary for this, training for this, every day and rehearsals for a real deal,” said Gegset.

“Let me be understood: Any Communist China’s attempt to improve Taiwan will forcefully lead to devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. There is no reason for its sugar cover. The threat that China is posing. And it may be inevitable.

The United States is not looking for wars and conflicts with China, Hegset added.

“We do not seek to dominate or strangle China to surround and provoke. We do not seek regime changes … But we must make sure that China cannot dominate us or our allies and partners,” he said, adding that “we will not push out of this critical region.”

In response, the Chinese Embassy in Singapore posted a note on its Facebook page, which states that the speech was “imbued with provocations and incitement,” and stated that Hegset “repeatedly smeared the attacks on China and relentlessly played the so -called” threat of China “.

“In fact, the US itself is the largest” offender “for regional peace and stability,” it added. The examples he cited included the “deployment of offensive weapons” in the South -Chinese Sea and conducting the intelligence that the embassy called “Chinese Islands and Reefs.”

“The fact that the US is now offering in the world is” uncertainty, “the embassy said.” The country claims that it guarantees peace and not seek conflicts. We heard it. Let’s see what steps will be needed. “

A reliable rhetoric in China came when it intentionally reduced its presence on dialogue.

The Shangri-La dialog has traditionally served as a platform for the US and China to make their venues to Asian countries as superpowers.

But while this year, the United States sent one of its largest delegations ever, China instead sent a noticeable lower-level team and made a planned speech on Sunday. There was no explanation for this.

In order to prevent war, the US wants a “strong containment shield” for fake allies, said Hegset, who promised that the United States will “continue to wrap our friends and find new ways of working together.”

But he emphasized that “restraint is not cheap” and urged Asian countries to increase its defense, pointing to Europe as an example.

US President Donald Trump has demanded NATO Western Alliance members to spend more on defense, at least 5% of his GDP – Jeset’s approach called “cruel love, but still love.” Some countries, including Estonia, quickly moved and others, such as Germany, signal openness.

“How can it make sense for Europe’s countries, while key allies and partners in Asia spend less before a more formidable threat?” He said in China also adding North Korea as a threat.

“Europe is activated. The US allies in the Indo-Pacific region, and must follow the rapid modernization of their own defense,” he insisted, saying that they should be “partners rather than renders”.

He advertised the US military equipment and also pointed to the new Indo-Pacific Partnership on Industrial Sustainability. Its first projects create a repair center in Australia for US allies, and helps the production of drones in the region.

He also warned Asian countries from finding economic ties with China, saying that Beijing would use it as a “leverage” to deepen his “malignant influence”, complicating US protection decisions.

The Hgegset speech took place a day after the dialogue to become an ally of Asia, and in the same dialogue to become an ally of Asia.

Asked about Macron’s proposal, he said the United States “preferred the prevailing balance of European investment to be on this continent” so that the US can use its “comparative advantage” in the Indo-Pacific region.

China’s reaction criticized the US approach to Europe. “Since the US commitment to its European allies is to urge the latter to spend more on self -defense, which will be its commitment to others?” The statement was read.

“The United States continues to expand its already staggering defense costs. Will the extended part of the tariffs that it impose on other countries?” Added, citing Trump’s global tariffs that shocked the world economic order and caused concern about US allies.

Hegset also sold Trump’s vision of “common sense” in the fight against the rest of the world, where “America does not have or seek permanent enemies”.

He compared the US president to the late Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yu, who was famous for his pragmatic real politicians in foreign relations.

“The United States is not interested in the moral and preaching approach to foreign policy. We are not here to press on other countries to accept and accept politics or ideology. We are not here to preach you about climate change or cultural problems. We are not here to impose our will,” he said.

This was the approach that the Democratic Senator Dakworth, which was part of the US delegation to Singapore, criticized.

Speaking separately to journalists on the dialogue, a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee stated that the vision of Gegset and Trump “contradicts the values ​​on which our country was founded”.

Others “we know what we stand for, we advocate the fundamental human rights, we advocate for international law and order. And this is what we will continue to push for. And I know that we will try to support this in the Senate, otherwise it will be different,” she said.

The info also aimed at the general message of Gegset allies in the region, calling it a “patronage”.

“His idea, where we envelop ourselves around – we do not need such a language. We need to stand with our allies, work together and send a message that America does not ask people to choose between the PRC (the People’s Republic of China) and the US.”

Other members of the delegation, representatives of the Republican Brian Mast and John Mulear, said the BBC that they had a clear message about China’s threat, and many Asian countries welcomed, meet with officials.

“The message I heard is that people want to see freedom of navigation and respect for neighbors, but feel intimidated by some aggressive actions that China has demonstrated,” said Moonar, who is the chairman of the Committee on Competition between the US and China.

“Thus, the US’s presence is welcome and encouraged. And the message was to continue to be present.”

Ian Chong, a non-resident scientist from Carnegie China, said Asian governments reassure US commitment to the status quo.

HEGSET’s call to increase defense spending was “quite standard for the US,” he said, adding that while this is a “long -term issue” between American and Asian allies, such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which has been back for decades, “Trump administration is more urgent.”

“I suppose that the Asian governments will listen to – but how much they will perform a different story,” said D -R Chong.