China vs US: A building threat

From its buildup of naval bases in the South China Sea to its theft of intellectual property to its influence in Hollywood, few people grasp the lengthening reach of China across the world. It poses perhaps the gravest foreign threat to the new administration, which, thus far, has signaled a less confrontational stance to the Asian superpower.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said, “China is adversarial and an adversary on some issues, and in other issues, we try to cooperate with them, whether in the context of climate change or other things. And, ultimately, the frame that the president-elect has identified for thinking about this is as a global competitor.”