{"id":107697,"date":"2026-05-30T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/30\/pete-hegseth-pulls-his-punches-on-china-the-economist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:34:10","slug":"pete-hegseth-pulls-his-punches-on-china-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/30\/pete-hegseth-pulls-his-punches-on-china-the-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth pulls his punches on China &#8211; The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQNDhxNy1aTTl4SlVwODRPRU5INFdLdFJzbzl4emV4TGZ2Q3pFZ0Nrc2llRWtZZ2E3UXZuOWpaX1l3Wk9JWnNzQWl5NGRiNG1xNThGLWZqT1g3RDZ3MFgxb3ZLdG51ZGhkdjFUR29ZbERaaDNvU2x4ODhETkMzaUVUSzAyU3ctUDZF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth pulls his punches on China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Economist<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNZ2ZvZDNDeGI2TUotZ1JIaTRpUXgxbzJaNW5GQnRES05ld0Vmam1fSGJLS05HYnF3VGxtdVotYUl5c0tPMXpSeVFCR0Y3bW1qTTFXRllYTUVjaDM1Q3RkM0EwMUxhRldxT21NY2ZuTGRQc0VfN1EycWlyLUxSX0FXMC1qb1lWUGtoWUE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth\u2019s Message to Asian Partners: Do More to Get More<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">What Hegseth\u2019s comments at Shangri-La Dialogue say about US foreign policy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQUFFvM2o3X3drYmpRVDFjd3NaZkRqbEtnNEw0OHgyTzdXNDZXT0xtTEZYWEo5amlBcTZhSks2ZTdzR2VDdTV1bmh3X3dYQ1FzamY0ZHhiSWpRRThjbnh4NFYtY003VG5pYVlnT2JvenFHVjh2RUFVeW5RT1dQb0Nrcmt4aUwwMTNrU3Fxa2hOQUtRenhlR3JDS2dUZElPVjF5cHd3VTVWSXNIelZ6VTNsSzl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth tones down warnings about China but says US remains committed to Pacific security<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPRmh4UDk4M3JOekJkSW5PTGttNjNGWHNIUlNtUmljcjAxRS1CRGYxdnhOZ2IyUElTZm1kRVFQNUpXLTU0YXVsX0dQT3NFQzYwU2RuVnVtNkJPb09lODlJZ1pRdHlIZDU1UVQ4ZDV3dmxlMFlyc2txT1NLSUNTZXdRLTdyOVEyaFhhXzZ0MlRYcV9TTlNfeGwycU5xazc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Where is China&#8217; ask delegates at Asian defence forum<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth pulls his punches on China&nbsp;&nbsp;The Economist Hegseth\u2019s Message to Asian Partners: Do More to Get More&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times What Hegseth\u2019s comments at&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/30\/pete-hegseth-pulls-his-punches-on-china-the-economist\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}