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Washington without intelligence chief for top priority China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing, 25 April 2024. © Chen Yehua/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Intelligence Online has learned that the post of chief US national intelligence analyst for China, created just months ago, is already vacant. The situation reveals how the intelligence community's human resources difficulties are hampering in-depth expertise on its priority target. [...]

Published on 29/04/2024 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Raphaël Ramos

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