New China committee debuts, warns of ‘existential struggle’


              Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., center, leads a special House committee dedicated to countering China holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Seated at bottom are Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., and Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            
              Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., leads a special House committee dedicated to countering China holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            
              Matt Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, testifies during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
            
              A protester interrupts H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, as testifies during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. At right is Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
            
              U.S. Capitol Police officers remove a protester as H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, testifies during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
            
              Human rights advocate Tong Yi testifies during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
            
              H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, testifies during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
            
              A video showing Chinese leader Xi Jinping is displayed as a special House committee dedicated to countering China holds its first hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            
              From left are Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, Tong Yi, a human rights activist, H.R. McMaster, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, and Matthew Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump, are sworn in as a special House committee dedicated to countering China holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)