{"id":152279,"date":"2026-06-01T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152279"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:00:11","slug":"hegseth-tones-down-china-rhetoric-on-return-to-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152279","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth tones down China rhetoric on return to Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostUS Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth told Asia\u2019s biggest military conference that his country\u2019s relations with China were \u201cbetter than they\u2019ve been in many years\u201d, as he adopted a much less strident tone than at the same event 12 months ago.<br \/>\n\u201cPresident Trump and this administration seek a stable peace, fair trade and respectful relations with China,\u201d Hegseth said on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The two countries agreed to \u201cbuild a constructive relationship of strategic&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/plus\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3355553\/hegseth-tones-down-china-rhetoric-return-asia?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 Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth told Asia\u2019s biggest military conference that his country\u2019s relations with China were \u201cbetter than they\u2019ve been in many&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\/152279"}],"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=152279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}