Nato leaders declare China a global security challenge

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool via AP)

Nato leaders say China poses a constant security challenge, is trying to undermine world order and is working on nuclear missile development at a worrying pace.

In a summit statement, the leaders said that China’s goals and “assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security”.