China a threat to world: US defence boss

By Robert Burns and Matthew Lee
Updated February 16 2020 - 1:18am, first published 1:12am
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says the rest of the world must wake up to the threat posed by China
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says the rest of the world must wake up to the threat posed by China

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has cast China as a rising threat to world order, saying the world's most populous nation steals Western know-how, and intimidates smaller neighbours.

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