Analysis of U.S.Intelligence Community's Threat Perception of China——Taking the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S.Intelligence Community Reports as the Analysis Object
[Research purpose]Analyzing U.S.intelligence community(IC)'s threat perception and assessment of China is conducive to understanding U.S.strategic competitive policy towards China and its prospects,which is of great significance to safeguard China's nation-al security.[Research method]Case study and literature analysis methods are used to analyze the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S.Intelligence Community reports so as to explore U.S.IC's threat perception of China,influencing factors,consequences and China's coun-termeasures.[Research conclusion]The U.S.IC's threat perception and assessment of China has been dynamically adjusted in accord-ance with the changes of U.S.external security environment and U.S.-China relations,perceiving China now as the"biggest threat"to the U.S.and therefore posing an increasingly severe challenge to China's national interests.China should formulate its countermeasures based on an overall analysis of U.S.IC's China threat perception and its damage.