WASHINGTON – Former US vice president Mike Pence warned Wednesday that China was on its way to becoming an “evil empire” posing a greater threat to America than the Cold War-era Soviet Union.
Former president Donald Trump’s deputy, believed to be mulling his own 2024 White House bid, also urged current occupant Joe Biden to confront China more forcefully on multiple fronts including the origin of the coronavirus and the Asian giant’s “neocolonialism.”
“The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest threat to our prosperity, security and values on the face of the Earth,” Pence said during a speech at the Heritage Foundation think tank.
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