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Lawmakers Warn US Failing to Adapt to Growing Chinese Threat

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers are sounding alarms about the threat from
   China, warning Washington has so far failed to keep up with Beijing as
   it emerges as a global power.

   The concerns, voiced in two separate reports Wednesday, criticize U.S.
   intelligence agencies and policymakers for clinging too long to the
   notion that increased trade and interaction with China would push
   Beijing to eventually align itself with Western values.

   Instead, the reports argue, the United States is struggling to push
   back as it faces a real danger of being replaced by China on the world
   stage.

   "The stakes are high," according to a redacted report released by
   Democrats on the [1]House Intelligence Committee.

   "Absent a significant realignment of resources, the U.S. government and
   intelligence community will fail to achieve the outcomes required to
   enable continued U.S. competition with China on the global stage for
   decades to come," the report said.

References

   1. https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1085

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