{"id":152207,"date":"2026-05-30T02:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152207"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:43:47","slug":"clear-eyed-on-china-the-takeaways-from-pete-hegseths-shangri-la-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152207","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Clear-eyed\u2019 on China: the takeaways from Pete Hegseth\u2019s Shangri-La speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday morning, just two weeks after a summit between the presidents of China and the United States.<br \/>\nThe speech was expected to be a barometer of the summit\u2019s outcomes between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump.<br \/>\nHere are some of the main points from Hegseth\u2019s address.<br \/>\nTough on China, but less confrontational<br \/>\nHegseth referred to China\u2019s \u201chistoric military build-up\u201d and reaffirmed&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3355391\/clear-eyed-china-takeaways-pete-hegseths-shangri-la-speech?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday morning, just two weeks after a summit between the presidents&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152207"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}