US looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide by hundreds of millions, documents sayThe Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around the world, after it had put a halt to many of those initiatives last year during a flurry of budget and personnel cuts. A State Department official said China’s economic activities in the Western Hemisphere pose risks to U.S. national security and prosperity. The underseas cable funding appears to be part of a broader push to restore support for initiatives aimed at blunting Chinese influence globally that would cost many hundreds of millions of dollars more. It also would go after international support for China’s space program and push back against Chinese firms seeking to export surveillance and censorship technology. The ultimate impact of the proposed new programs won’t be known for many months or years.