Beijing will not act first to “stir up troubles” over island disputes with neighbours, China’s defence minister said Tuesday at a meeting with American counterpart Chuck Hagel. China and Japan are ...

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel talked tough during a visit to China on Tuesday, NBC News reported. Hagel warned that conflict over a collection of disputed islands could eventually erupt into a ...

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned China Saturday against “destabilising actions” in the South China Sea, and backed Japan’s plans to take on a more muscular military role as a counterweight to ...

China struck back harshly at the United States and Japan on Saturday, as a senior Chinese military official accused Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan of acting in ...

The current battle over East China Sea airspace shows the need for even greater cooperation between U.S. and Chinese military forces and officials, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says. “I would ...