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Title: Navy, Marine Corps leaders warn that China is 'weaponizing capital'
Post by: rangerrebew on March 09, 2018, 10:54:53 am

 
Navy, Marine Corps leaders warn that China is 'weaponizing capital'
By Ellen Mitchell - 03/07/18 04:57 PM EST
 

Top Navy and Marine Corps officials on Wednesday expressed concern over China’s expanding global reach and said the superpower was rapidly buying up foreign land to “win without fighting.”

“When it comes to China, the bottom line there is the checkbook,” Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer told lawmakers during a House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/377270-navy-marine-corps-leaders-warn-that-china-is-weaponizing-capital (http://thehill.com/policy/defense/377270-navy-marine-corps-leaders-warn-that-china-is-weaponizing-capital)