China, which has the world’s second-largest economy after the United States, has in recent years moved from competitor to economic adversary, engaging in a “soft” warfare targeting U.S. cyber and infrastructure systems, says Georgia GOP Rep. Austin Scott.
“They are no longer an aggressive economic competitor,” Scott said on a recent “John Solomon Reports” podcast. “They chose to become an adversary. They have gotten away with it for the last four years. They have embedded themselves through our cyber [and] our infrastructure systems.”
Scott says the forays particularly target the U.S. agricultural system and pharmaceutical industry, and also argues that China has done so effectively – in plain sight.
“They have been very smart about how they, in the open market, have purchased companies that, whether it be pharmaceuticals or food supply necessities that we have in the United States of America,” Scott said. “They’ve been very smart at how they’ve operated, both in the open market and in the criminal arena.”
Last month, Just the News reported that two Chinese scientists were charged with smuggling a fungus called “Fusarium graminearum” into the U.S. The fungus, although not deadly to humans, represents a potential threat to grain crops.
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