They fucked up their fake wikileaks with Bellingcat so the CIA took over The Intercept. It probably happened around when they kicked out Glenn Greenwald. Look at the author of that article. https://theintercept.com/staff/marahvistendahl/ the vast majority of her articles are about China bad
And then look up that weird-ass DC-based think tank she used to work at. https://www.newamerica.org/our-story/
edit: some funding info here: https://www.newamerica.org/our-funding/our-funders/
george soros, bill gates, ford foundation, literally the state department, same shit as usual. CIA stuff. they just funnel money to each other but everything is just CIA + military industrial complex + other evil shit.
customs and border protection?
Yup