NATO designates China as a “systemic” challenge
ROBIN EMMOTT, STEVE HOLLAND and SABINE SIEBOLD NATO will confront China's military ambitions for the first time and designate Beijing as presenting "systemic challenges", according to a copy of a summit communique seen by Reuters and set for release later on Monday. In a diplomatic victory for U.S. President Joe Biden, who has urged his fellow NATO leaders to stand up to China's authoritarianism and growing military might, the final statement brands China a security risk to the Western alliance. The language, which will now set the path for alliance policy, comes a day after the Group of Seven rich…