China poses the most serious threat to the national security of US in the long run, a top American general told the country\u2019s lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think China is the main challenge to the US national security over the next 50 to 100 years,\u201d General Mark A Milley, said on Thursday in his confirmation hearing for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milley agreed with Perdue that China was using trade as leverage to achieve its national security interests and the one belt road initiative was a part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith regard to their belt-road initiative and there made in China 2025, my experience is that they generally don\u2019t tell their adversaries what they are going to do unless they have made a determination that they either don\u2019t have the wherewithal or the will to stop them,\u201d Perdue said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think some historian in 2119 is going to look back at this century and read a book and the central theme of the story is going to beat the relationship between the United States and China,\u201d Milley said responding to a question from Senator David Perdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Georgia Senator expressed his concern over Chinese investments in ports around Africa and the Indian Ocean but also in South America where there are over 50 port investments that they have made with proprietary loans. \u201cNow see in Colombo, Sri Lanka and then also Karachi and Pakistan where they have actually foreclosed and are now militarising those two ports in addition to what they have done in Djibouti,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milley said that China has expanded throughout all of the regions of the globe and they are clear competition, they are primarily in competition for resources in order to build and improve their military in order to fund and feel their economy. \u201cI think that what we need to do is to uphold the norms of the international order that has been in place for the last seven decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to another question, he said there is anxiety and fear among the countries due to an aggressive China and they want the United States there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey want us there as a security partner, they want us there as a security guarantor, they want full presence forward presence. They believe that we are a force of stability and there is great concern,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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