The Pentagon’s coming defence strategy report will contain major changes in the US’ plans to counter China’s military and economic strength, according to Chinese defence researchers. The new National Defence Strategy, a road map of defence priorities for each US president’s term, is expected to be released in the coming weeks. According to a Defence…
A US House of Representatives committee is taking aim at the Department of Defence for funding hundreds of projects with Chinese universities and institutes linked to the country’s defence industry, in the latest sign of Washington’s unease over research ties that could benefit Beijing’s military modernisation. The 79-page report, released by Republicans on the House…
Washington and Beijing are on a “creeping path towards some kind of a deal”, former US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday, while offering some rare support for US President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy towards China. Burns, who served as envoy to Beijing under former president Joe Biden from 2022 until this year,…
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday expressed public support for Pete Hegseth, his beleaguered nominee to oversee the defence department, whose confirmation by the Senate is in doubt due to claims of excessive drinking, sexual assault, and his views on women in combat. US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of defence Pete Hegseth…