China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says

Tue, 01/30/2024 - 23:18

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right). — "While Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.
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China, not Russia, is a bigger threat to the US, says CIA chief William Burns.
Burns said the CIA has more than doubled its budget for China in the past two years.
The CIA, Burns said, was "stepping up efforts across the world to compete with China."

The CIA views China as a far bigger threat to the US than Russia and is committing more resources than ever to counter it, says agency chief William J. Burns.