China Poses A National Security Threat Unlike Any The U.S. Has Seen Before

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🗓️ 16 November 2021

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This week's virtual summit between President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping may have restored a tone of respect between the world's two largest powers, but U.S. intelligence is telling a different story.

NPR's Greg Myre reports on a national security conference held in Georgia last month where former and current U.S. intelligence officers were surprisingly candid about what they see as the biggest growing threat: China.

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0:00.0	Good evening to everyone here in the United States and good morning to you Mr. President
0:04.6	in Beijing.
0:05.6	On Monday night Joe Biden had his first formal meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.
0:11.7	So we are going to see you Mr. President and your colleagues.
0:18.8	It's the first time for us to meet virtually, although it's not as good as a face-to-face
0:23.8	meeting.
0:24.8	I'm very happy to see my old friend.
0:27.4	The two of them struck a congenial tone, but the fact that it's taken ten months for
0:32.0	a sit down like this speaks to a deeper reality in their relationship.
0:36.5	Previous presidents met their Chinese counterparts a lot sooner.
0:39.6	NPR China fares correspondent John Ruich.
0:42.3	Part of it is the pandemic.
0:43.8	The other party is probably the state of relations, which is really bad between China and the
0:47.8	US.
0:48.8	There's friction across the board.
0:49.8	Now China had hoped that the Biden administration would take a different approach than Trump's
0:55.4	tariff heavy agenda.
0:57.2	But Ruich says they've been disappointed.
0:59.1	We saw that reflected in the first few meetings of senior diplomats from both sides.
1:02.9	They were very rocky.
1:03.9	There was a lot of finger wagging.
1:06.2	Biden's been rebuilding alliances with an eye on China.
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