At the Shangri-La Dialogue, Hegseth demanded that Asian countries massively increase their military spending to 5 percent of GDP to join a US offensive against Beijing.

China has objected to Hegseth calling it a threat in the Indo-Pacific, the ministry added, describing his comments at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday as "deplorable".

Pacific, while seemingly having little interest in talking about the AUKUS pact. Australia needs to consider its options.

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