Coverage dated October 6, 2021

CIA launches new center focused on China

Headline from The Hill

The Central Intelligence Agency is launching a new mission center to address threats posed by China, the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s focus on Beijing as its main foreign policy priority.

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  1. The Hill

    CIA launches new center focused on China (opens The Hill)

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    The Central Intelligence Agency is launching a new mission center to address threats posed by China, the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s focus on Beijing as its main foreign policy priority.

  2. Fox News

    CIA forming mission to counter China, 'the most important geopolitical threat we face' (opens Fox News)

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    Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns announced the formation of the China Mission Center to counter Beijing.

  3. Al Jazeera

    CIA announces new mission focusing solely on China (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Intelligence agency head says group will focus on ‘adversarial’ Chinese gov’t, calling it ‘most important threat’ to US.

  4. CBS News

    CIA creates new mission centers focused on China and technology (opens CBS News)

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    In announcing the changes, the CIA director referred to "increasingly adversarial Chinese government" as the "most important geopolitical threat we face in the 21st century."

  5. Newsweek

    CIA pivots to China as director calls it "most important geopolitical threat we face" (opens Newsweek)

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    The CIA said the challenge posed by the Chinese government, not its people, "cuts across all of the Agency's mission areas."

  6. Local News 8

    CIA will focus on China with new mission center (opens Local News 8)

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    By Alex Marquardt, CNN The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a months-long review and a reflection of the intelligence community’s view of China as the greatest long-term threat to the United States.

  7. Politico

    CIA launches new China-focused unit (opens Politico)

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    The mission center is intended to “address the global challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China that cuts across all of the Agency’s mission areas,” the CIA said

  8. New Hampshire Union Leader

    CIA creates new 'mission center' to counter China (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    The CIA is creating a new center focused exclusively on gathering intelligence about China and countering its espionage against the United States, another sign that senior U.S. officials are preparing

  9. KEYT Santa Barbara

    CIA will focus on China with new mission center | NewsChannel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    CNN By Alex Marquardt, CNN The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a

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