US defence strategy banks on strength – not confrontation – to deny China in Indo-Pacific

The United States will use strength – not confrontation – to deter China in the Indo-Pacific, the Defence Department said, laying out its national strategy to protect the “homeland”. The US would also push allies to pay more for their defence, it said on Saturday in the 34-page document outlining the country’s security environment and approaches for the next four years. According to the strategy, the goal after protecting the “homeland and hemisphere” is to deter China “from being able to...