[h=2]China is waging a 'quiet cold war' against the US and wants to overtake it as a superpower, CIA official warns[/h]
- Michael Collins is the deputy assistant director to the CIA's East Asia Mission Center
- He spoke on Friday at the Aspen Security Forum with other US officials
- Collins said China 'exploits all avenues of power' to undermine the US
- He said it had been able to flourish in the last 17 years because the world's focus shifted to the war on terror