Forrest in China slams ‘venal’ US politics

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He said there was “not a quiver of military hostility” from Beijing and it was “crazy” that America was turning commercial competition with China into something more, while Russia posed a real and obvious threat. “We need a concerted effort to ensure that the venal political system of North America stops portraying China as anything but a strong, effective and energetic competitor and not a threat, when they’ve got an absolute military threat which has made very clear its views on every North American and every North American state in Russia, which has moved to declare itself in a state...