As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...

While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, making him President Trump's second cabinet member. Ratcliffe plans to ...

No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, ...

BEIJING — China’s vice president held meetings with ... balancing trade and regional stability” with J.D. Vance, according to the Trump transition team. Read More: How Asia Is Bracing ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns. He says China faces certain challenges, like a slowing economy and a declining population.

Military veterans or police college students preferred. The very public ads have been cropping up online, posted by recruiters across China in search of people for a very discreet role.

He added that the mission of building China into an international economic, financial, trade, shipping, science and tech innovation centre – as envisioned by President Xi Jinping – required ...

Prescribed burns effectively reduced the amount of combustible material (duff) on the forest floor and across ridge-lines. Timely harvests ensured valuable timber entered the marketplace and ...