At the end of the CNN debate, the candidates were asked about what they thought were emerging international threats. Rick Perry referred to the specter of Chinese power — saying they are “not a country of virtue.”
As examples, China referred to the country’s forced abortions, cyber-security state, and other authoritarian features.
He invoked the name of Ronald Reagan, who said that the Soviet Union was destined for the ash-heap of history — saying that communist China must be the next such adversary who will have to change.
