25 August 2011

Trent Nouveau, TG Daily: “China Teases Military CyOps”

Trent Nouveau, “China Teases Military CyOps,” TG Daily, 25 August 2011.
China’s official military channel (CCTV-7) recently provided a six-second glimpse into the country’s enigmatic cyber capabilities. …
Nevertheless, analysts believe the footage – if genuine – is actually more than a decade old.
“It appeared to show dated computer screenshots of a Chinese military institute conducting […]

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25 August 2011

Tania Branigan, The Guardian: “Chinese TV Programme Shows Apparent Cyber-Attack on US Website”

Tania Branigan, “Chinese TV Programme Shows Apparent Cyber-Attack on US Website,” The Guardian, 25 August 2011.
Footage that appears to feature army-labelled software raises questions about China’s denials of involvement in hacking
China’s state broadcaster has shown footage apparently featuring army-labelled software for attacking US-based websites, security experts say.
Beijing has consistently denied being behind cyber-attacks, insisting that […]

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25 August 2011

Melanie Lee, Reuters: “Chinese State TV Shows Military Cyber Hacking Clip”

Melanie Lee, “Chinese State TV Shows Military Cyber Hacking Clip,” Reuters, 25 August 2011.
A six-second clip on Chinese state television has provided a rare glimpse into purported cyber hacking attacks launched by the country’s military, despite long-standing official denials that the government engages in such activity. …
It is unclear if the programme on the screen […]

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25 August 2011

Did China Tip Cyber War Hand?

Andrew S. Erickson and Gabriel B. Collins, “Did China Tip Cyber War Hand?” The Diplomat, 25 August 2011.
A programme broadcast on the military channel of China’s state TV raises new questions about Beijing’s support for cyber attacks.
Amid growing US concerns over ongoing Chinese cyber attacks, attribution remains the most complex issue. At the open source […]

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24 August 2011

Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal: “China State TV Alludes to U.S. Website Attacks”

Jeremy Page, “China State TV Alludes to U.S. Website Attacks,” Wall Street Journal, 24 August 2011.
Chinese state television has broadcast footage of what two experts on the Chinese military say appears to be a military institute demonstrating software designed to attack websites in the U.S.
Although it could be a decade old or a mock-up, the […]

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24 August 2011

Key Quotes from 2011 DoD Report on China’s Military

Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2011
p. 2
Ballistic and Cruise Missiles.
… By December 2010, the PLA had deployed between 1,000 and 1,200 short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) to units opposite Taiwan. To improve the lethality of this force, the PLA is introducing variants of missiles with improved ranges, accuracies, and payloads. …
p. […]

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24 August 2011

Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2011 Full Text Just Released

Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2011

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24 August 2011

Report on Military and Security Developments in China Released

Report on Military and Security Developments in China Released
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:17:00 -0500
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 No. 072-11          August 24, 2011               
Report on Military and Security Developments in China Released
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (East Asia) Michael Schiffer will hold a press briefing today on the 2011 DoD Report to Congress on the “Military and Security Developments […]

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24 August 2011

China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #46: “A Smoking Cursor? New Window Opens on China’s Potential Cyberwarfare Development–CCTV 7 program raises new questions about Beijing’s support for hacking”

Andrew S. Erickson and Gabriel B. Collins, “A Smoking Cursor? New Window Opens on China’s Potential Cyberwarfare Development: CCTV 7 Program Raises New Questions About Beijing’s Support for Hacking,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国) 46 (24 August 2011).
China SignPost™ 洞察中国–“Clear, high-impact China analysis.”©
The positions expressed here are the authors’ personal views. They do not represent the U.S. Naval War College, […]

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22 August 2011

William Choong, Straits Times: “Reasons to Fear China’s Aircraft Carrier”

William Choong, “Reasons to Fear China’s Aircraft Carrier,” Straits Times, 19 August 2011.
Last week, China said it had deployed its first aircraft carrier for an inaugural sea trial. Speaking at a Chinese Defence Ministry briefing last month, Colonel Geng Yansheng stressed that the carrier would be used for “research, experiment and training” and would not […]

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22 August 2011

David Axe, The Diplomat: “China, the US and Transparency”

David Axe, “China, the US and Transparency,” The Diplomat, 22 August 2011.
Lately, every major Chinese military development has provoked the same response from the US government. The American reaction to the appearance of new aircraft, ships and missiles is to ask, essentially, ‘What’s it for?’ …
But this lack of transparency can cut both ways, according […]

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19 August 2011

China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #45–“Tango for Trade, Samba for Sales: Strategic Implications of China’s Growing Investment and Commercial Ties in Latin America”

Gabriel B. Collins and Andrew S. Erickson, “Tango for Trade, Samba for Sales: Strategic Implications of China’s Growing Investment and Commercial Ties in Latin America,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国) 45 (19 August 2011).
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Executive Summary

China’s annual trade with Latin American countries is now worth at least US$118 billion per year, nearly 12 times larger than what […]

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17 August 2011

Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles Praised by Feng on Information Dissemination

Feng, “Review of Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles,” Information Dissemination, 16 August 2011.
I recently had a chance to read “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles.” This book is the fifth installment in the series “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development” and can be found here on Amazon.
In the past, I have found works by Andrew […]

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15 August 2011

China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #44: “China’s S-Curve Trajectory: Structural factors will likely slow the growth of China’s economy and comprehensive national power”

Gabriel B. Collins and Andrew S. Erickson, “China’s S-Curve Trajectory: Structural Factors Will Likely Slow the Growth of China’s Economy and Comprehensive National Power,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国) 44 (15 August 2011).
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Key Points:

 China is likely to follow an S-Curve-shaped path of slowing growth as key internal and external challenges—including pollution, corruption, chronic diseases, water shortages, […]

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15 August 2011

China Goes to Sea Commended by Dave Mugridge in Canadian Naval Review

Dave Mugridge, review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, July 2009) in Canadian Naval Review, 7.2 (Summer 2011): 42-43.
This book is a wonderful academic review not just of China’s maritime power but of the history […]

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15 August 2011

Michael Wines, New York Times: “China Begins Sea Trials of Its First Aircraft Carrier”

Michael Wines, “China Begins Sea Trials of Its First Aircraft Carrier,” New York Times, 10 August 2011.
BEIJING — China’s first aircraft carrier began sea trials on Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua news service reported, a highly symbolic step in what is certain to be an effort of many years to create a carrier presence in the […]

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15 August 2011

Bradley Perrett, Aviation Week: “What Carrier Means In China Military Plans”

Bradley Perrett, “What Carrier Means In China Military Plans,” Aviation Week, 12 August 2011.
The Chinese military is either confident that it can already win a battle in the Taiwan Strait, or it is confident that it can keep winning the budget battles back in Beijing. … while the armed forces reckon much more military power […]

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14 August 2011

China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power Praised by Andrew Forbes in International Journal of Maritime History

Andrew Forbes, “China and Sea Power in the Twenty-First Century,” International Journal of Maritime History 23.1 (June 2011): 341-46.
Review of Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Nan Li, eds., China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010).
The “rise” of China has been […]

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14 August 2011

Aaron L. Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia

Aaron L. Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011).
An explosive examination of the fast-escalating Sino-American struggle for geopolitical predominance.
There may be no denying China’s growing economic strength, but its impact on the global balance of power remains hotly contested. Political […]

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