SINGAPORE - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that relations between his country and China are better than they have been in many years under President Donald Trump's leadership but warned of the Asian power's rapid military rise.
In his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual security forum, in Singapore, Hegseth said there is "rightful alarm" in the Indo-Pacific about "China's historic military buildup and the expansion of its military activities in the region and beyond."
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