Stevenson’s army, October 8

– WSJ says US special forces have been training Taiwanese for over a year.

– CIA is creating a special mission center focused on China. Director Burns is also speeding up processing of new employees.

– WSJ says US succeeded in hobbling Huawei.

–SecNav also focuses on China in new guidance.

– Politico’s China Watcher has good laydown of Chinese demands of US. Key graf: China’s strategy toward the U.S., hinged to a series of uncompromising demands spelled out in “Three Bottom Lines,” a “List of U.S. Wrongdoings that Must Stop” and a “List of Key Individual Cases that China Has Concerns With,” stymies Biden’s efforts to manage bilateral friction by resolving disputes on an issue-by-issue basis.

-Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in latest poll, also find public more concerned about China.

– Poll also found support for defending allies.

– Two members, R & D, call for end to strategic ambiguity over Taiwan.

In hearing our HFAC staffer talked about, Afghan IG said US relied too much on DOD for aid.

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