SINGAPORE -- The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's biggest defense conference, concluded on Sunday against the backdrop of a deepening U.S.-China rivalry with Washington doubling down on security commitments in the Indo-Pacific.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called China a "threat" at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31. The Chinese defense chief skipped the event but the foreign ministry accused Washington of "stoking flames." © Reuters
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