U.S. Senate unveils sweeping legislation to counter China's rise

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday unveiled a major piece of bipartisan legislation to counter China's rise through close coordination with Japan and other allies, promotion of human rights as well as military investments to beef up security.The draft bill, titled "Strategic Competition Act of 2021," is designed to ensure that the United States is "positioned to compete with China across all dimensions of national and international power for decades to come," the committee's chairman, Robert Menendez, said.The committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday to take up and vo…READ FULL ARTICLE