Hong Kong (CNN) The Chinese Communist Party wants "international domination" and has embarked on a "global campaign" to sway countries to their side, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday.

Speaking at the Hudson Institute in New York, Pompeo announced a series of speeches over the coming months on the growing competition between the US and China.

"I'll talk about the competing ideologies and values and the impact that has on America and the world. The Chinese Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist Party focused on struggle and international domination," he said. "We need only listen to the words of their leaders."

But while the top US diplomat made it clear Washington saw Beijing as a "strategic competitor," Pompeo said that he didn't want a "confrontation" with China.

"In fact we want just the opposite. We want to see a prosperous China that is at peace with its own people and with its neighbors. ... And we want to see a liberalized China that allows the genius of its people to flourish," he said.

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