Some former intelligence officials and China experts disagree, arguing that there is a clear distinction between China’s military capabilities and the intentions of its political leaders - and that Xi’s plans remain uncertain. military commanders have warned that the People’s Liberation Army is poised and even likely to launch an invasion within the next several years. ![]() Designs on TaiwanĬhina has long refused to rule out seizing control of Taiwan by force if necessary, but some senior U.S. The China Mission Center “will further strengthen our collective work on the most important geopolitical threat we face in the 21st century, an increasingly adversarial Chinese government,” Burns said in announcing the move. In 2021, the CIA announced a new center focused on gathering intelligence about China. A Chinese court said it sentenced a 78-year-old American citizen to life in prison on Monday on unspecified charges of spying, the latest in a wave of espionage cases the authorities have pursued. intelligence leaders have vowed to treat China as their top priority. The first Chinese intelligence officer to be extradited to the U.S., Yanjun Xu, was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of economic espionage against GE Aviation and other aviation companies. officials say they have exposed and disrupted Chinese attempts at spying inside the U.S. The US crackdown on Chinese economic espionage is a mess. as the world’s dominant power and to replace the U.S.-led order with one reflective of China’s values and interests.” In examining his speeches and directives, intelligence analysts have long assessed that Xi sought to displace the U.S. “China is not an intelligence black box,” one former national security official said. ![]() Some former intelligence officials and regional experts are more optimistic about America’s ability to read China, as they say Xi and other senior communist officials often state publicly the goals and objectives of the regime. ![]() had a window into Xi’s thinking and decision-making, Burns said that was “always the hardest question for any intelligence service” in an authoritarian system “where power is consolidated so much in the hands of one man.”īurns added that “it’s something we work very hard at, and try to provide the president with the best insights that we can.” 'Not a black box' When contacted by NBC News, the CIA referred to recent comments by William Burns, the agency’s director. Asked in an interview last month with CBS News if the U.S.
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