(New York Post) Republican 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley on Sunday raised dire concerns about China’s military buildup — saying the country, “has been preparing for war with us for decades.”
The former US ambassador to the United Nations, who rolled out a proposal to confront China last week, warned that the Asian giant’s military has been growing stronger amid US complacency.
“If you look at the military situation, they now have the largest naval fleet in the world,” Haley said on “Fox News Sunday.” “They have 340 ships, we have 293. They’re going to have 400 In two years, we won’t even have 350 in two decades. They have started developing hypersonic missiles. We’re just now getting started.”
Haley underscored that China’s military fortifications come against the backdrop of the rise of so-called woke culture within the US military.
“They are modernizing their military, our military’s taking gender pronoun classes,” she said. “Look at what they’re doing on cyber, artificial intelligence, space — they’re ahead of us.”
Republican presidential hopeful hopeful Nikki Haley has been an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party.Getty Images
Nikki Haley argued that the United States need to take steps to bolster its military capabilities.FOX News Sunday
During a speech last week to unveil her China policy, Haley described China as “much more than a mere ‘competitor’ — Communist China is an enemy.”
She also dubbed Beijing the “most dangerous foreign threat we’ve faced since the Second World War” and proposed limiting trade relations with China.
Her harsh rhetoric drew a fiery rebuke from a spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in Washington DC.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been working to modernize his country’s military.
Chinese soldiers line up to mark the 70th anniversary of the Long March victory on September 10, 2006.
