"Not A Tennis Match": SOS By US House Panel Probing China Ruling Party

China's state-sponsored espionage efforts have stolen American intellectual property and its unfair trade tactics have driven American industries out of business, said Congresswoman Claudia Tenney.

Top American lawmakers have described China as an "existential" threat to the US during a first hearing on China by the Republican-majority House of Representatives.

They also called for an all-out effort within the country and in coordination with its allies to successfully address the challenge posed by the Communist Party-led China.

The US has routinely and historically described Chinese behaviour as aggressive.

The name of the newly-constituted committee is House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).