Overview

• Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell stated that China's challenges to the US surpass those of the Cold War.
• Campbell emphasized the need for bipartisan focus on China and accelerating US naval shipbuilding and defense manufacturing.
• The Biden administration maintains it does not seek a cold war with China, despite growing global competition.
• China's support for Russia's defense industry, including drone activity in Ukraine, is directed by senior Chinese leaders.
• Foreign crises like Russia's war in Ukraine have diverted attention from Biden's focus on China and the Indo-Pacific.