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China’s Diplomacy 2.0 and Hu Xijin
This week the China-watching twitterverse was surprised to discover that Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times, was now tweeting. That the editor of the Global Times, an “angry government...
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Is China a Paper Tiger in Cyberspace?
Two recent studies of national cyber power have placed China near the bottom of the table. China is number 13 on the EUI-Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Power Index, behind Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil but...
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Beware the Patriotic Geek: The Risk of Cyber Militias in Asia
When people warn of growing cyber insecurity they are often referring to the threat of an arms race, countries trying to outdo each other in the development of offensive weapons and defensive...
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Thoughts on the USCC’s New Report on Chinese Cyberattacks
Yesterday the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) released the second report prepared for it by Northrop Grumman on Chinese cyber capabilities. As numerous press reports noted,...
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China’s Twitter War
Over the last week, supporters of Tibet, and the merely curious, have seen information warfare up close. On Twitter, several hundred bots (automated programs that generate content) flooded discussions...
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Can Chinese Technology Policy Tell Us Anything About Cyber?
Joseph Nye has an interesting article in the Winter 2011 issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly that applies some of the lessons of the nuclear age to cybersecurity. It is well worth the read, and I...
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China-Philippines Hacking War: A Missed Opportunity for Beijing?
China continues to raise the heat in its dispute with the Philippines over the sovereignty of Scarborough Shoal/Huangyan Island. On Monday, He Jia, an anchor on China’s state-run CCTV, mistakenly...
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Can the U.S. Work with India in Cyberspace?
Eric Heginbotham and George Gilboy have a new book, Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior, looking at the rise of China and India. One of their main points is a warning directed at U.S. policymakers...
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Stuxnet and Flame: Take a Breath
After last week, policymakers and analysts of cyberspace are hoping to catch their breath. On Monday, Russia-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab announced that it had discovered Flame, a sophisticated...
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U.S. and China in Cyberspace: Uneasy Next Steps
I was in China last week for a cyber dialogue sponsored by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The good...
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China Moves Forward on Cybersecurity Policy
Last week, the State Council issued a new policy opinion for promoting the development of Chinese information technology and information security. In the State Council’s view, “international...
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Legendary Female Cyber Cop: What Do New ‘Model Workers’ Tell Us About Chinese...
There is a long tradition of the Chinese Communist Party acknowledging and honoring “model workers,” selfless citizens who contribute to the building of modern China. While in the early years after the...
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Why No China-Japan Hacking War Over...
Website defacement played a large part of the standoff between China and the Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal/Huangyan Island. From April 20 until May 18 hackers on both sides traded blows,...
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China, International Law, and Cyberspace
In a speech two weeks ago, Harold Koh stated that the United States government believes that cyberattacks can amount to armed attacks and are subject to international law. “International law principles...
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Huawei, Cybersecurity, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Most of the attention generated by the report by Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger of the House Select Committee on Intelligence (HSCI) has focused on the issues of...
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The 18th Party Congress and Chinese Cyberpower
China will announce its new leadership slate this week and the rest of the world will start scrambling, trying to figure out what the lineup means for the prospects of economic and political reform as...
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Five Trends to Watch for in Chinese Cybersecurity in 2013
With 2012 coming to an end, here are some of the larger trends to watch in Chinese cybersecurity in the upcoming year. New institutions/bureaucratic reform. There are rumors that there will be another...
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Presidential Inbox: The Constant Irrititant of Cybersecurity in Asia
Mr. President, as you look toward Asia in your second term, cybersecurity will be a grain of sand in the eye, a major irritant but not one that blocks the larger vision of what you hope to accomplish...
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What To Do About Chinese Cyber Espionage?
A few days after the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post all admitted that their computer networks had been attacked, apparently by China-based hackers, it seems fair to say that...
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Three Thoughts on Cyber and the Defense Department’s Report on the Chinese...
The Defense Department released its annual report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2013. Besides being delivered relatively early compared to...
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