OUR China will continue to work with Russiacontinuing his attempt to challenge them United Statesdespite the concern of the international community about the Russian invasion V Ukrainesay US intelligence agencies.

“Despite the backlash from the international community over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China will maintain diplomatic, defense, economic and technological cooperation with Russia in its quest to challenge the US even as it reduces its public support,” the intelligence report said. published on the occasion of the invasion of Ukraine. Annual Senate Intelligence Committee Hearings on US Global Security Threats.

The report focuses on the threats coming from China and Russia. China is expected to continue to use its military and other advantages to intimidate rivals in the South China Sea, and there may be an increase in Taiwan Strait crossings or missile overflights of the island.

Beijing ‘increasingly’ provokes US

“It probably goes without saying that the People’s Republic of China, which is increasingly challenging the United States economically, technologically, politically and militarily, remains our priority,” said Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes, top presidential adviser Joe Biden.

To realize Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s vision of making China a major power on the world stage, the Chinese Communist Party is “increasingly convinced that it can do so with the power and influence of the United States,” Haynes said in her opening statement. “The coming years are critical as the strategic rivalry with China and Russia intensifies on how the world develops and whether the rise of authoritarianism can be contained and reversed,” he added.

The report says Russia probably does not seek conflict with the US and NATO, but the war in Ukraine carries a “high risk” of it happening and there is a “real possibility” that Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine could harm the president. Russia to Vladimir Putin inside his country, increasing the likelihood of escalation.

Haynes described a “war of attrition” in Ukraine and said that US intelligence does not predict that the Russian military will recover this year to the point of making significant territorial gains.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}