China ‘Unsettled’ by Western Response to Ukraine: CIA Director

China ‘Unsettled’ by Western Response to Ukraine: CIA Director
CIA Director, William Burns, testifies during a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 15, 2021. Al Drago/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is unsettled by the strength of the United States and allied response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, according to CIA Director William Burns. That will influence the CCP’s decision-making on a potential invasion of Taiwan.

“I do think that they’ve been surprised and unsettled to some extent by what they’ve seen in Ukraine over the last 12 days,” Burns said during the House intelligence committee’s annual hearing on threat assessment, held March 8.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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