It's October 17th.

You're listening to The President's Daily Brief.

I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright.

Your morning intel starts now.

First up, it's a big week for China-related news.

The communists are gathering for the first time in five years to pick a new president and

chart a path forward for the regime.

We'll talk about three key takeaways from that gathering and why you should care.

As always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories with these two on your radar.

First an update on the battle for the Pacific.

We're learning that an island nation is sending its police officers to China, and I'll explain

who it is and why it's so important.

Second, if your buying gifts for the holidays, beware.

You may well end up buying goods made by Chinese slaves.

And as always, we've got to listen to our question.

Today it's about the CIA's assessment of increasing odds that we will see a nuclear war in

Ukraine.

But first, let's get started with today's main brief.

You're going to be hearing a lot of news out of China this week.

And that's because they're having a once every five years meeting of communists from around

their country.

Now, one of the things that they're focused on is who will serve as president.

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