The United States is facing increased competition in a number of sectors, especially from China in the Western Hemisphere, raising new security concerns, the head of U.S. Southern Command said Thursday. Army Gen. Lara Richardson, speaking at the Atlantic Council, questioned the People’s Republic of China’s investment in infrastructure in Central and South America. “We see the encroachment; we see the tentacles of the PRC [People’s Republic of China] in our neighborhood,” Richardson said. Richardson again voiced her concern that 21 of the 31 nations in the command’s area of responsibility have signed on with Beijing’s Belt and Road infrastructure … Continue reading Chinese Investment in Western Hemisphere Raising Concerns for U.S., Says SOUTHCOM Commander