America reassured nervous Asian friends that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan was “neither imminent nor inevitable”. But in a dramatic shift on May 31st Pete Hegseth, the defence secretary, said the Chinese threat “could be imminent”;

Hegseth issued his starkest warning yet over China's military ambitions, telling allies that Beijing’s threat to Taiwan is “real” and potentially “imminent.” The post Pete Hegseth Warns Chinese Invasion of Taiwan May Be ‘Imminent’ first appeared on Mediaite.