Rubio saiys China's military is the second most powerful in the world

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called China's military the second most powerful in the world.

"Well, I think they're ramping up their military in general. This pace of growth in the Chinese military over the last 10 years has no precedent. Just what they've done with their navy alone over the last, they've put billions and billions and billions of dollars in their system. So you look at it, it's hard to ignore how fast and how big. So I don't think it's just limited to Taiwan. I think they have ambitions to ultimately be able to project power globally the way the U.S. does now. They're still behind us in that regard.
But there's nonetheless, they are investing a lot of money. They are right now the world's second most powerful military without a doubt" he said in an interview with NBC News.