Spy chief warns DragonBear alliance ‘continuing to deepen’ in ‘every sector’

TThe head of U.S. intelligence warned that the growing partnership Between the governments China Russia It is “continuing to deepen” “every sector” amid “real concern” More Beijing Assistance Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Commented on the “DragonBear” alliance during Wednesday Senate Intelligence Committee hearing The latest worldwide threat assessment by the spy community assessment.

Sen. Angus King, I-ME asked Haines to discuss the latest analysis of China/Russia relations. “temporary marriage of convenience” Or a “long-term love affair.”

“It is continuing to deepen,” Haines replied. “So, I think, maybe the latter, although I hesitate to characterize it as a love affair. So, there are some limitations that we would see on where they would go in that partnership. We don’t see them becoming kind of allies the way we are with allies in NATO, but nevertheless, we do see it increasing across every sector.”

China has been repeatedly warned by the United States. providing the Russians with lethal weaponry for the invasion of Ukraine. On Wednesday, King asked Haines if China was supporting Russia in Ukraine. She replied that Beijing was doing this.

“We do see them providing assistance to Russia in the context of the conflict, and we see them in a situation in which they have come increasingly uncomfortable about the level of assistance and not looking to do it as publicly as otherwise might occur given the reputational cost associated with it,” Haines testified. “But I think that is a very real concern, and the degree of how close they get and how much assistance they are providing is something we watch very carefully.”

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Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, and Vladimir Putin the Russian president met to officially open the Beijing Winter Olympics. a broad strategic partnership “without limits” amid Russia’s military buildup Ukraine’s frontier. A few weeks later, the Kremlin invaded Ukraine and Beijing went out of its ways to support Putin with rhetoric echoing Russia’s justification For the invasion, economic and financial With your support the provision of, at minimum, nonlethal military aid.

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Declassified threat assessment released On Wednesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provided additional details about the China-Russia alliance. Intelligence community members noted that Russia is not the only country in which Russia has been observed. “is challenging the United States and some norms in the international order in its war of territorial aggression” China is the only one that can defeat Ukraine “the capability to directly attempt to alter the rules-based global order in every realm” Across multiple countries.

“Despite global backlash over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China will maintain its diplomatic, defense, economic, and technology cooperation with Russia to contin