Admiral Dong Jun ... not the defence minister. The Financial Times reported in May 2022 that Beijing had rejected three requests by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to meet then CMC vice ...

China's November engagement in the Indo-Pacific included ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, uncertain ...

Last month, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with China's defence minister, Admiral Dong Jun, the first such communication with his Chinese counterpart in over two years and the first time ...

But last year, the seating arrangements changed. Admiral Dong Jun, China’s defence minister since December 2023, has not appeared on a podium at any such public event. Instead, he has watched ...

Outgoing US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin proposes increasing defence spending by $50 billion for 2026, potentially pushing the budget beyond $1 trillion by 2030. The increase seeks to meet ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his senior staff about his hospitalization ...

The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his senior staff about his ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said farewell to his department ... confronting the challenges posed by China and strengthening relationships with allies in the Indo-Pacific.

ARLINGTON, Va. — To much fanfare, the U.S. military bid farewell to the nation's 28th Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and went ...