Ratcliffe in Cairo: Why China Is Watching U.S.-Egypt Security Ties

China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is monitoring the surprise official visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Cairo on Sunday, September 20, 2026, and his meetings with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate, Major General Hassan Rashad. This rare visit has prompted in-depth strategic analysis within Chinese intelligence and security circles (primarily the Ministry of State Security). These concerns and analytical anxieties in Beijing stem from the nature of John Ratcliffe’s personality, known for his ideological embrace of the China threat concept since his time as Director of National Intelligence (DNI)….