
Hayley Wong
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4 days ago |
scmp.com | Amber Wang |Hayley Wong
The risks of a cross-strait military accident are on the rise as Beijing steps up pressure on Taiwan, a former Taiwanese defence official has warned, citing the lack of direct communication channels between the two sides. Andrew Yang Nien-dzu, who served as Taiwan’s deputy defence minister for four years and briefly held the role of minister, spoke to the South China Morning Post on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security conference.
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6 days ago |
scmp.com | Hayley Wong |Amber Wang
Asean defence chiefs emphasised individual agency at the Shangri-La Dialogue, after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Indo-Pacific allies to boost military spending and cooperation to counter what he called the “real” threat posed by China. Among them was Philippine Secretary of National Defence Gilberto Teodoro Jnr, who asserted that his country, a US treaty ally, was not a mere pawn with “no strategic agency”.
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6 days ago |
scmp.com | Amber Wang |Hayley Wong
It is customary for Chinese military delegations to push back against American messaging at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s largest security summit. But this year’s response was different: the rebuttal was not led by China’s defence minister, but the country’s military academic institutions.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Amber Wang |Hayley Wong
A PLA major general leading the Chinese delegation at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue has accused the United States of “destabilising the Asia-Pacific” – after US defence chief Pete Hegseth called for collective deterrence against what he characterised as Chinese aggression in the region.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Hayley Wong |Amber Wang
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told Indo-Pacific defence chiefs that China wanted to “fundamentally alter the region’s status quo”, and that American allies must step up defence investments. Speaking on Saturday in Singapore at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defence conference, Hegseth said that the threat posed by China was “real and could be imminent”. He said this included its efforts to build the capacity to take over Taiwan by force by 2027.
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