China issued a blistering response after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "the threat China poses is real."

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On May 27th the property sold for a stonking 270m yuan ($38m), creating a sensation in the Chinese press. At 500,000 yuan per square metre, it is one of the priciest home auctions in recent memory. That the wealthy are prepared to pony up such an exorbitant price is being interpreted as a sign that China’s huge and interminable property crisis might finally be ending.

Chan Chun Sing told the Shangri-La Dialogue that Beijing should also understand how the rest of the world ‘perceives’ the superpower.

For dialogue with China to be effective, it must be coupled with trust, he said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's defense ministry on Sunday condemned the United States for using the Shangri-La dialogue to "create disputes, sow discord, provoke confrontation and seek selfish interests" after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called China a threat in the Indo-Pacific.

President Donald Trump said China is violating a deal struck with the U.S. earlier this month to lower their respective tariffs temporarily and de-escalate a trade war to let negotiations play out. U.

In his opening remarks, Hegseth warned China seeks no less than hegemony over the region and is increasingly willing to resort to force. He cited confrontations in the South China Sea, including incidents in which China's coast guard used water cannon against Philippine vessels, injuring several people last year.