China continues to increase spending to grow its already considerable military, and top Pentagon officials continue to watch the developments carefully.
In a report issued this week, the Department of Defense for the first time directly accused China’s military of using cyberattacks to spy on US networks.
In this arena and others, “China’s military buildup shows no signs of slowing,” said David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia, who presented the congressionally mandated report on the state of China’s military activities.
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-military-concerns-pentagon-2013-5
Sun Tzu and China's constant cyberattacks
Let's establish, at least for the sake of this discussion, that China is conducting cyber-exercises against the United States as a way to prepare for a possible, if mutually-undesirable war between our two nations.
Sun Tzu said, "A wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store."
How might this apply to present day China? Well, this aphorism brings us full circle back to the beginning of the article, where I discussed Charlie's coverage of China's penetration into dozens of our weapons systems. Why should China invest in basic development of their own weapons systems when they can just forage through our research? In this way, China gains the benefit of our tax dollars and our innovative minds (our 21st century provisions) without having to use their own "provender" (meaning food in Sun Tzu's day, and Renminbi -- currency -- today).
http://www.zdnet.com/for-china-hacking-may-be-all-about-sun-tzu-and-world-war-iii_p3-7000015988/
In a report issued this week, the Department of Defense for the first time directly accused China’s military of using cyberattacks to spy on US networks.
In this arena and others, “China’s military buildup shows no signs of slowing,” said David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia, who presented the congressionally mandated report on the state of China’s military activities.
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-military-concerns-pentagon-2013-5
Sun Tzu and China's constant cyberattacks
Let's establish, at least for the sake of this discussion, that China is conducting cyber-exercises against the United States as a way to prepare for a possible, if mutually-undesirable war between our two nations.
Sun Tzu said, "A wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store."
How might this apply to present day China? Well, this aphorism brings us full circle back to the beginning of the article, where I discussed Charlie's coverage of China's penetration into dozens of our weapons systems. Why should China invest in basic development of their own weapons systems when they can just forage through our research? In this way, China gains the benefit of our tax dollars and our innovative minds (our 21st century provisions) without having to use their own "provender" (meaning food in Sun Tzu's day, and Renminbi -- currency -- today).
http://www.zdnet.com/for-china-hacking-may-be-all-about-sun-tzu-and-world-war-iii_p3-7000015988/
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