China hawk Gordon Chang says the United States is now "far behind" in the spy game with Russia as a result of the Biden administration's inaction.

"We fell so far behind, and the reason is that the President, then he wouldn't even call China an adversary, and the Chinese called us an enemy," Chang, also a lawyer and political commentator, said recently on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. 

He also told host John Solomon that China's espionage activity against the U.S. – as well as the country's business and economic policies – are designed to weaken what the communist-run country sees as a rival country.  

"So there was this mismatch, and we need, as an American people, to understand the nature of the challenge," Chang said. "They're not competing with us in the Westphalian system that's been in place since 1648. They're out to take that system down and to take down the U.S. because they believe that we're an existential threat."

Chinese intelligence activity in the US escalated during the Biden administration.  

Among other actions, the administration cancelled the China initiative, an intelligence operation meant to monitor Chinese Communist Party activity in business and academics. The FBI now opens an new Chinese espionage case every 12 hours, according to recent reports.

Chang and Solomon also spoke about how economic relations between the US and China might change under President Trump and highlighted concerns over China's use of slave labor, Chinese policies on trade with the US, and Chinese owned fast fashion companies like Shein and Temu evading tariffs.  

Chang told Solomon and co-host Amanda Head that China's reported economic growth of 5% is probably inflated, and that CCP President Xi Jinping's refusal to rely on domestic consumption presents potential for tariffs to have a significant effect. 

"We are the biggest export market in the world," he said. "We're a market that he cannot replace in the intermediate future. So these tariff threats from President Trump are actually threats that can bring down the Chinese economy."