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Beyond Orwell's imagination
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U.S. spy chief CIA Director William Burns mentioned China at least seven times in a recent article published in Foreign Affairs, calling China's rise both a geopolitical challenge and a “big long-term threat”. Burns revealed that the CIA "has more than doubled the percentage of its overall budget focused on China over just the last two years" and a China mission center has been set up, making China the only country in the world with its own center under the CIA. How can China safeguard itself against what some perceive as America's "Orwellian surveillance"? What's the implication for the world?
202 episodes
Manage episode 399295676 series 3381536
U.S. spy chief CIA Director William Burns mentioned China at least seven times in a recent article published in Foreign Affairs, calling China's rise both a geopolitical challenge and a “big long-term threat”. Burns revealed that the CIA "has more than doubled the percentage of its overall budget focused on China over just the last two years" and a China mission center has been set up, making China the only country in the world with its own center under the CIA. How can China safeguard itself against what some perceive as America's "Orwellian surveillance"? What's the implication for the world?
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