#Latest news with #US-Australia-UKSky News AU01-06-2025PoliticsSky News AU‘Good signs': Western allies getting ‘serious' about China threat in the PacificFormer Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton discusses how China has been 'put on notice' by Western nations but they are not 'deterred'. Australia and the United States have stressed the danger China poses militarily in the Indo-Pacific and beyond as top defence officials gathered in Singapore on Saturday to discuss their shared strategic concerns. 'Tokyo is nearly doubling its spending on defence, there is the US-Australia-UK agreement,' Mr Whiton said. 'Certainly, some good signs that people are getting serious about the threat in the Pacific.'
Sky News AU01-06-2025PoliticsSky News AU‘Good signs': Western allies getting ‘serious' about China threat in the PacificFormer Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton discusses how China has been 'put on notice' by Western nations but they are not 'deterred'. Australia and the United States have stressed the danger China poses militarily in the Indo-Pacific and beyond as top defence officials gathered in Singapore on Saturday to discuss their shared strategic concerns. 'Tokyo is nearly doubling its spending on defence, there is the US-Australia-UK agreement,' Mr Whiton said. 'Certainly, some good signs that people are getting serious about the threat in the Pacific.'