The Republican Party intends to create a special committee to counter the "Chinese threat"

“The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest geopolitical threat of our time,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

That is why, McCarthy stressed, a special committee will be created that guarantees a response to China's economic and security challenges.

In November, McCarthy noted that the committee would appear after his appointment as speaker of the US House of Representatives.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said the United States is escalating tensions in the Taiwan Strait.