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Reagan Forum Panelists View China As Main ‘Pacing Threat’ to U.S. Security

By Vivienne Machi

Saturday, December 1st, 2018

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Reagan Forum Panelists View China As Main ‘Pacing Threat’ to U.S. Security

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis meets with China's Minister of National Defence Gen. Wei Fenghe at the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting, Singapore, Oct. 18, 2018. (DOD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

SIMI VALLEY, California – While the United States continues to follow and weigh threats from countries including Russia, Iran and North Korea, a number of panelists at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum Dec. 1 pointed to China as having the biggest potential to undermine economic and national security.Beijing’s ability to more thoroughly change the pace of American life makes it a more viable threat, even as Moscow this week sought to assert its dominance by seizing Ukrainian vessels in…

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