{"id":1059,"date":"2026-05-30T03:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2dmix.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2026-05-30T03:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:06:16","slug":"pentagons-hegseth-urges-allies-to-boost-defense-spending-amid-alarm-over-chinas-buildup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon&#8217;s Hegseth urges allies to boost defense spending amid &#8216;alarm&#8217; over China&#8217;s buildup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"auto\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gmanews.tv\/webpics\/2026\/05\/US_Secretary_of_Defense_Hegseth_delivers_speech_at_Asia_security_summit_Courtesy_Reuters_Edgar_Su_20260530_2026_05_30_10_58_19.JPG\" \/><br \/>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Asian allies to ramp up military spending to counter China&#8217;s growing power and prevent its dominance in the region, warning of &#8220;rightful alarm&#8221; over its rapid military buildup.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Asian allies to ramp up military spending to counter China&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2dmix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}