That they have tested and deployed. a kidnapper satellite. that can pluck key u.s. satellites out of orbit if they decide to do so. they know the u.s. military and civilian institutions are so dependent. china up and created sovereign territory. in the south china sea. the manmade islands there. in territory claimed by many countries. the u.s. complained about it. china has done it. it succeeded in. china is stealing u.s. secrets every day. private sector and government secrets every day. with great success. part of a strategy called winning without fighting. they want to surpass the u.s. and take their position as a super-power. we re focussed on russia. because of russian meddling in the election. and yet, a lot of intelligence officials talk about china as being a greater threat.
The president of malaysia called it colonization. example. tonga, small country, china leant them 1/3 of their gdp. china wants it now. we don t have it. we have we didn t hear anyone from anyone in the world. what do they do? they sign on to china s program, get a five-year reprieve having to pay the money back. china says we may lend you 10 times your gdp. they ll own that island. they don t have to make manmade islands anymore. they ll own it. vice president pence is the only person in the western world standing up to that. it is crazy stuff. we call it predator lending but much more. bill: the store story has gone under the radar. julie: holiday shopping season is almost here. the tips and tricks you need to
They made the manmade islands and they militarized them and have serious ambitions, some call them imperialistic ambitions, philippines have said this and others and he will call them on that. china has a program that is ambitious. they want to invest $8 trillion in 68 countries. here is the problem. they aren t really investing the money per se. they re making these crazy loans debt diplomacy and they re ripping these countries off big time. big time. let me give you some examples. malaysia a couple weeks ago turned down $22 billion. here is the beautiful thing. the prime minister of malaysia was in beijing and said this is a new form of colonialism. we ll turn it down. because they lend the countries money and can t repay them. sri lanka, they owe 80% of what they have in total revenue is
To fly five miles per second. they could evade detection by our missile defense radar. in fact, china claimed to have made its first successful test of a hypersonic vehicle. reporter: the key chinese advance. china launched a missile that tracked and destroyed one of its own sal ligtellitsatellites. reporter: it is here in the south china sea in a well-known feud that the u.s. finds itself facing off against china. manmade islands now with air strips and radar towers, islands capable of housing troops and weapons. it was clear when cnn s ivan watson joined a u.s. navy patrol aircraft that chinese forces warned the americans were not welcome. the u.s. crew responded with a carefully crafted message.
Says they are not denuclearization. saying it is fabricated. does that sound familiar? they praise president trump s vision and saying lower levels the government officials are pushing this. we had a source earlier in the week saying it was a strong possibility that everything in the north korean messages indicates they want president trump to negotiate directly with kim jong-un. they feel it will get a more favorable deal in the end. fascinating. you have been talking about it for weeks. going straight to the president trying to cut out his team. we will see if it works. there is a legitimate possibility. will, thank you. tense moments in the skies over the south china sea. the chinese military warning a u.s. surveillance plane six times as it flew over the hotly contested area where china has built up extensive military bases on manmade islands.