Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-02-09). CIA Director Calls China Biggest 'Threat', Says Ukraine War Benefits US. popularresistance.org The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns, published an article in which he referred to "the United States' principal rivals—China and Russia", while emphasizing that "China is the bigger long-term threat". | Strongly implying that we are in the early stages of a new cold war, he wrote that "China and Russia consume much of the CIA's attention". | Burns revealed that "the CIA has been reorganizing itself" in order to counter China. The notorious US spy agency has created a special "mission center" focusing exclusively on Beijing, and has doubled its budget for anti-China operations.

WSWS (2024-02-09). ABC promotes US military-build up as "cross-cultural exchange" with indigenous Australians. wsws.org The article was transparent war propaganda, deploying identity politics and public relations spin, to promote preparations for a catastrophic war with China.