CIA director William J. Burns made a secret visit to China in May, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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William J. Burns, 67, the first career diplomat to serve as CIA director, is calm in the eye of the unending storm of international crises, which involves what he called, at a July conference in ...

CIA Director William Burns secretly visited China last month in an effort to restore relations with Beijing amid a tense relationship with the Biden administration following the shooting down of ...

Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China has maintained close ties with Moscow. Former U.S. Ambassador to China Nick Burns spoke about the alliance during the Aspen Security Forum. He noted that ...

CIA Director William J. Burns speaks with Michael ... especially given the recent rise of China, though Burns said that it is critical for U.S. intelligence efforts not to neglect more familiar ...

William J. Burns in 2023. ... Gaza, Afghanistan and China, for which his three-and-a-half decades as a diplomat had prepared him,” Random House said in a press release. ...

CIA Director William Burns testifies during a House Intelligence Committee hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill on March 9, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

It's the latest in a series of espionage accusations between the two countries and comes after CIA Director William Burns claimed the agency has "made progress" on rebuilding. China intensified ...

William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said this week that China’s president has instructed the country’s army to be ready to successfully invade Taiwan by 2027.

“China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard our national security,” she told a press conference. Burns, CIA director since 2021, said last week that his agency has been working ...