White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan made a statement that G7 leaders need to rally around the “counter and compete” with China on challenges ranging from safeguarding democracy to the technology race. “There is a broad view that China represents a significant challenge to the world’s democracies,” Sullivan said. The G7 nations pledged on Sunday to tackle China’s growing influence, pointing out its human rights violation in Xinjiang and demanding freedoms and a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong.