The US defense secretary has disclosed that China is top of the country's list of most dangerous military rivals. 'We are now in an era of great power competition and China, then Russia, constitute our top strategic competitors,' he added. The Trump campaign has rolled out TV ads trying to link rival Joe Biden to China, focusing in part on business Biden's son Hunter did in China. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has been in a war of words with Beijing, announced new US sanctions on Chinese officials on Tuesday over Tibet. China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with President Trump at the G20 Summit in Osaka in June 2019.

Source: Daily Mail July 09, 2020 12:36 UTC