WASHINGTON, February 3. /TASS/. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency William Burns believes that China will be the most serious geopolitical threat to his country in the coming decades, CBS journalist Olivia Gazis said in a series of Twitter posts.

The journalist quoted Burns as saying while addressing an event at the Georgetown University that "China remains the biggest geopolitical challenge the US faces in the decades ahead, and the biggest priority for CIA."

According to her, Burns also said new technologies were the "main arena" for competition with China, and the "main determinant of our future as an intelligence service.".