the director of national intelligence, avril haines, she actually said in her opening remarks that china remains the u.s. intelligence community's unparalleled priority. take a listen. >> the people's republic of china which is increasingly challenging the united states, technologically, politically and militarily around the world remains our unparalleled pri orit. president xi jinping will continue to achieve xi's mission of making china the preeminent power in east asia and a major power on the full stage. to fulfill xi's vision the ccp is increasingly convinced that it can only do so at the expense of u.s. power and influence. >> there have been a lot of questions so far about things like tiktok which is, of course, owned by a chinese company. the origins of the covid-19 pandemic, which, of course, began in the chinese city of wuhan as well as the threat china poses to the u.s. when it