{"id":248860,"date":"2025-05-31T21:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-urges-allies-to-boost-defence-amid-china-threat-to-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T21:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:04:38","slug":"us-urges-allies-to-boost-defence-amid-china-threat-to-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-urges-allies-to-boost-defence-amid-china-threat-to-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"US urges allies to boost defence amid China threat to Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UaCpCXZfGqQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US urges allies to boost defence amid China threat to Taiwan\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UaCpCXZfGqQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Beijing poses a real and potentially imminent threat to Taiwan &#8211; so said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore. In turn, China accused the US of trying to provoke trouble in the Asia-Pacific region.  [Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hegseth also urged America\u2019s Asian allies to increase their defence spending, echoing the demand he made of European allies earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>John Healey, the UK defence secretary, says he expects spending on national defence to reach 3% of GDP by the end of the next parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Credits: Reporter: Jonathan Rugman, Producer: Suzanne Lentini, Picture Editor: Matt Michael<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing poses a real and potentially imminent threat to Taiwan &#8211; so said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore. In turn, China accused the US of trying to provoke trouble in the Asia-Pacific region. 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