CIA creates 'China Mission Center' after mounting cyber attacks and Taiwan tensions
CIA shake-up creates 'China Mission Center' to focus on Beijing threat. Director William Burns said Beijing was 'most important geopolitical threat'. Meanwhile officials revealed that US special forces and Marines have been training troops in Taiwan for at least the past year.
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