China on Alert as NATO Boosts Defense Spending
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (2nd L), US President Donald Trump (3rd L), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (C), Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof (3rd R) attend a NATO leaders summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty ImagesAMSTERDAM—As NATO leaders gathered in the Netherlands this week to unveil a historic pledge to ramp up defense spending, Beijing was watching nervously from the other side of the world.
The Chinese Communist regime issued a flurry of statements, accusing NATO of “stoking confrontation” and questioning the alliance’s intentions.