Jedes Jahr geben die US-Geheimdienste den Bericht Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) heraus. So auch dieses Jahr. Er konzentriert sich auf die Länder des Achse der Autokraten: “Russia, China, Iran and North Korea—individually and collectively—are challenging U.S. interests in the world by attacking or threatening others in their regions, with both asymmetric and conventional hard power tactics, and promoting alternative systems to compete with the United States, primarily in trade, finance, and security.”
Im Kapitel Nonstate Transnational Criminals and Terrorists wird China nur einmal erwähnt: „China remains the primary source country for illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill pressing equipment, followed by India.”
Im Kapitel Major State Actors steht China an erster Stelle. Im Einzelnen heißt es zu den verschiedenen Unterpunkten:
Militär: China presents the most comprehensive and robust military threat to U.S. national security.
Economy: The PRC seeks to compete with the United States as the leading economic power in the world. To do so, the strategy calls for a centralized, state-directed, and nationally resourced approach to dominating global markets and strategic supply chains, limiting foreign competitors, and making other nations dependent on China.
Technologie: China is using an aggressive, whole-of-government approach, combined with state direction of the private sector, to become a global S&T superpower, surpass the United States, promote self-reliance, and achieve further economic, political, and military gain.
Weltraum: China has eclipsed Russia as a space leader and is poised to compete with the United States as the world’s leader in space.
Info:
Der Bericht “2025 Annual Threat Assessment” der US Intelligence Community kann man hier downloaden: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2025-Unclassified-Report.pdf