US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday (June 1st) that China poses an “imminent” threat to peace in the Indo-Pacific and warned of “devastating consequences” should Beijing attempt to invade Taiwan.

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In what was his most assertive statement to date on Taiwan, Hegseth issued a stark warning that threats to the island from China “could be imminent.” Hegseth said that the U.S