CIA Struggles To Rebuild Spy Network In China

The Wall Street Journal recently covered an article about the CIA struggling to rebuild spy networks in China.

This week, a lengthy investigative piece titled "American spies confront a new, formidable China" appeared in The Wall Street Journal. The report outlines the challenges and setbacks facing the CIA in its efforts to spy on China, despite the Biden administration's designation of the nation as a top "pacing threat."

One of the report's central themes is the statement made by a former US intelligence officer, which the Wall Street Journal quoted, "We have no real insight into leadership plans and intentions in China at all." The paper examines the circumstances that led to the current situation, including the CIA's disastrous experience in China approximately ten years ago and its ongoing efforts to reconstruct its network within the strictly regulated Communist surveillance state.

The 2012 incident is related to reports that scores of US agents were apprehended in...

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