US should fight China before it's too late: Intel chief - Anadolu Agency

The US should fight China before it is too late, according to the nation’s director of national intelligence.

There are many people who for economic and political reasons do not want China to be the greatest threat to the US, John Ratcliffe told conservative outlet Fox News in an interview late Monday.

"But the intelligence doesn't lie. China is our greatest threat," he warned. "No other country has the capability of essentially taking away the American dream and a specific plan to do so."

Ratcliffe was nominated by US President Donald Trump and sworn in to replace Dan Coats on May 26.

The intel chief said China wants to dominate the world economically, technologically, and militarily, adding that it has already amassed the largest navy in the world.

He also claimed China is "engaged in gene-editing," using genetic modification to alter the DNA of its 2 million soldiers to make them stronger.