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US to send official to Tokyo dedicated to monitoring China
Published: 7:33pm, 18 May 2024
The dispatch of such a specialised China watcher to the embassy is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to reinforce intelligence gathering
The department has already added about 20 similar officials in charge of monitoring China to the US embassies in other capitals.
The administration of President Joe Biden will deploy an official dedicated to monitoring Chinese governmental and business activities to the US embassy in Tokyo in July, State Department sources said on Saturday.
The dispatch of such a specialised China watcher to the embassy is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to reinforce intelligence gathering, according to the sources.
The department has already added about 20 similar officials in charge of monitoring China to the US embassies in other capitals, including Bangkok, Brussels, Rome and Sydney. The Tokyo posting will be Washington’s first of its kind in East Asia, the sources said.