The American intelligence considers the “Chinese threat” as main priority.

Media actively publish information about closed meeting of heads of CIA’s Counterterrorism Mission Center (the specific date is not mentioned). According to the “leaked” information during the meeting a question of redistribution of material and human resources was discussed to switch them from counterterrorism to China. The fight with global terrorism is not losing its urgency but is not plays a big threat to US security as before. In the forefront the existential challenges coming from China.

Fighting the industrial espionage is among the most urgent threats from China, as well as preventive measures against cyberattacks on US informational systems of state departments and corporations, and getting information about China’s advanced technological projects.

Washington supports the idea of focusing on China. The politicians actively promote the information of Beijing’s illegal activity on the territory of USA. Among the last examples a report of Senate commission on internal security and governmental affairs about China’s attempts to recruit members of Federal reserve system. The document claims that Chinese special services since 2013 were working to contact members of FRS (with blackmailing and bribes) to get access to secret information, including time when the members visited China.

The authors of the report made a conclusion of FRS incapability to cut these threats. It was explained with fallibility of FRS security service and weak level of cooperation with the corresponding departments.

On the whole according to the Administration and Congress the growing amount of contradictions between US and China dictates the necessity to focus the work of US authorities on effective suppression of “ill-intentioned” activities of Beijing.