China’s Emergence as a Cyber Power

  • Volume:10
    Issue:1
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    Cyberspace is increasingly becoming an area of contestation among nation states. Similar to the physical domains of land, sea, air and space, superiority in the cyber domain enables a nation state to exert its cyber power. In recent years, China has invested colossal amounts in building the requisite infrastructure and capabilities of its armed forces as well as governance practices to advance towards ‘informationalisation’. This article seeks to discern the motives, threats, objectives, strategy and intent that drive China to amass cyber power.

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    Posted on: January 23, 2016

    Keywords: Cyber Security January 2016 | Journal of Defence Studies