In a hard hitting speech, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has described China a rogue nation which escalated border tension with India. <br />''<br />''During an online conference on democracy at Copenhagen in Denmark, he said, People's Liberation Army of China has escalated border tensions with India, the world's largest democracy.<br />'' <br />''Pompeo said, China is militarising the South China Sea and illegally claiming more territory there, threatening vital sea lanes. He said democracies and freedom-loving peoples of the world needed to come together to tackle China.<br />'' <br />''Pompeo said Chinese President Xi Jinping has green-lighted a brutal campaign of repression against Chinese Muslims, a human rights violation on a scale we have not seen since World War II. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Pompeo said China lied about the coronavirus and let it spread to the rest of the world, while pressuring the WHO to assist its cover-up campaign.</span><br />