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The U.S., not anyone else, is responsible for the fentanyl crisis inside the U.S.,
We're prepared. Those who long for peace must prepare for war,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday on Fox News just hours after the statement was posted If we want to deter war with the Chinese or others, we have to be strong, and that president understands peace comes through strength
There's plenty of places (at the Pentagon) where we want the keen eye of DOGE, but we'll do it in coordination
Referring to DOGE, the Elon Musk-headed group in charge of auditing and cutting vast swathes of the US government, Hegseth said during his first overseas trip It also provides confidence in the lethality and effectiveness of the nation's nuclear deterrence mission.
We have some choices to make as we observe what China has produced, and we can presume we know what that's for – for air superiority
At the annual Air & Space Forces Association's Warfare Symposium, held in Colorado, US Air Combat Commander Kenneth Wilsbach said Coercion and threats will not work on China, nor will they scare China. China’s determination to defend its own interests is unswerving,
Our two sides can meet at an appropriate time, and our teams can also communicate as early as possible.”
He reiterated China's willingness to resolve trade disputes, saying We live in a dangerous world with powerful ascending countries with very different ideologies,
We will make sure that every coin is well spent,
We do not put all our eggs in one basket,
We are ready to sign more FTA,
If the American side goes further down this wrong path, we will continue to respond in kind,
Pressuring, coercion or threats are not the right way of dealing with China,
No embassy issues this type of statement without the capital's approval,
If the US has other intentions and insists on damaging China’s interests, we will fight to the end. We advise the US to put away its bullying face and return to the right track of dialogue and cooperation as soon as possible.”
Asked on Wednesday to clarify what he meant by “any other war”, Lin said But my job as the secretary of defence is to make sure we're ready. We need the defence spending, the capabilities, the weapons and the posture in the Indo-Pacific, which is something we're very much focused on."
However, he reiterated his role as defence secretary, saying If war is what the U.S. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end,
Chinese Embassy in the U.S. said in a post on X on Wednesday, signaling an increasingly aggressive stance toward the U.S It's important that China shows to the world that it will open more its economy,
said Carlos Aquino, director of the Center for Asian Studies at Peru's National University of San Marcos, citing the hosting of the China International Import Expo as an example, which benefits both Chinese consumers and the rest of the world by promoting imports The target of around 5 percent GDP growth is considered reasonable, as it balances necessity and feasibility. However, concerns remain that sluggish domestic consumption and tariffs imposed under Trump 2.0 could weigh down GDP."
Noriyuki Kawamura, emeritus professor at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in Japan, said
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