[Itpolicy-np] Collection of articles on China and on Cyberwarfare

Tue Sep 7 11:07:23 GMT 2010

Following is a Collection of articles on China and on Cyberwarfare
from OPEN Sources (OSINT) and gifted to us from a friend from a
Linkedin Group called
"Operation Aurora - Cyberattacks".

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2677290

Happy reading!

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Airforce Magazine: China turns up the Heat http://bit.ly/b2iSjd
Airforce Magazine: USAF's Cyberwar, Fighting the Phantom Menace
http://bit.ly/dsdatu
Bryan Fite: Game Theory and Simulated Cyberwar http://bit.ly/bjil4W
China, Hacking and the Lingshui Intelligence Facility on Hainan Island
http://bit.ly/dzr6gO http://bit.ly/cGB5f5
Cyber [Crime|War] - Connecting the Dots (Blackhat Briefing) http://bit.ly/bM8CRI
Cyber War in the 21st Century: The Emerging Security Challenge
(Rajaratnam School of Int. Studies) http://bit.ly/dmvApo
Cyber Warfare: Law and Policy Proposals for U.S. and Global Governance
- Virginia Lawyer http://bit.ly/bGleZH
Cyberwar: Concept, Status Quo, and Limitations - Zurich Center for
Security Studies http://bit.ly/dxYMEQ
Hacktivism with Chinese Characteristics and the Google Attacks -
Chennai Center for China Studies http://bit.ly/by32yY
Heritage Foundation: China and Cybersecurity http://bit.ly/9Bz3wd
Huaxia Military Digest: Locations of North Korea's Cyberwarfare
Hacking Units in China http://bit.ly/dhHD5x
Indian government checking reports on Chinese hackers http://bit.ly/cqqZ1Y
Jart Armin: 'Information Engagement' and the Art of Cyber-Espionage
http://bit.ly/dhDzE3
Kevin Coleman: Returning Fire in Cyber Space; Oh They’ll Hear You
Alright http://bit.ly/csrbI3
Meet a Journalist Hacked by China - Don't Buy Evil blog http://bit.ly/9YXnFl
Network Security for Cyber War by Allison Johnson and Matthew Diana
http://bit.ly/cDMVuV
Q&A: Microsoft's chief strategist on China, cyber attacks, immigration
http://bit.ly/dklAtW
Richard Clarke's Cyberwar: File under Fiction - Reflections in a
Chinese Eye blog http://bit.ly/aey4U9
The Internet in China: Civilian and Miltary Uses - Foreign Military
Studies Office http://bit.ly/awcNEl

Some more resources on the Lingshui military intelligence base at
Hainan Island, and related info on Chinese military intelligence.
Yesterday, a Chinese military blogger posted a comment in a discussion
confirming the GhostNet accusation regarding a Chinese military
hacking force based at Hainan.

China Global View: U.S. secret surveillance submarine base in Hainan
http://bit.ly/bJmZ1q
China's military secrets exposed http://bit.ly/dauovC
China: History of Military Intelligence on Hainan Island http://bit.ly/dmxVL8
Chinese security agents working to destroy Taiwan intelligence network
in China http://bit.ly/cfHrYp
Hainan Corps Battlefield Surveillance Equipment provides Useful Info
http://bit.ly/co0zmm
Hainan Island or Hainan Military Base ? http://bit.ly/9YFwa1
http://bit.ly/apTTB3 http://bit.ly/cAbYys http://bit.ly/cGB5f5
Japan intel headquarters in East Asia needs electronic warfare
monitoring group on China http://bit.ly/aD8pPb
Japan MoD set up a special agency to strengthen China military
intelligence research http://bit.ly/a9VN05
Kaoyan Military Intelligence College via Google Translate http://bit.ly/bQQ7rs
Secret: People's Liberation Army's "Guam" in Sanya! http://bit.ly/bMAX6e
U.S.: Hainan base will help the PLA submarine rapid control of the
South China Sea http://bit.ly/9DXaOJ

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Translated Military News from China :

* Military Intelligence News http://bit.ly/dhibV9

China National Defense Science and Technology Information Network
http://bit.ly/b8jmFH
China Review Military News http://bit.ly/dnima8
China.com: Military Forum http://bit.ly/aD7GGE
China.com: Military News http://bit.ly/9ny4E2
China: EastDay Military News http://bit.ly/aF9DMv
ChinaMil Military News http://bit.ly/9yEWgO
Huanqiu Military News http://bit.ly/8XWAat
Junshijia Military News http://bit.ly/9ibWmf
Kissbbao Military Observer http://bit.ly/doHQiK
Kunlun Military Authority Station - Military News http://bit.ly/aQe9j2
Sanjiang Military News http://bit.ly/ajAv28
Sohu Military News http://bit.ly/cqgOOs
Xinjunshi Military News http://bit.ly/azAMpW
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Some more translated news articles, mainly on China's military
intelligence and naval ambitions/developments :

China and Vietnam Navy, said the new Kilo submarines will weaken the
advantages of Chinese http://bit.ly/b7i2FR
China Armed Forces Forum: Access to China's mainland military
intelligence is easy http://bit.ly/9KaNZO
China does not accept the US threat of war preparation http://bit.ly/cU9NBL
China's military deployment has been basically completed the South
China Sea, the heavy hand of the time is coming! http://bit.ly/dpHGF7
China needs two thousand military helicopters by 2020 http://bit.ly/be0UeD
Chinese nuclear submarine massive build-up the South China Sea
http://bit.ly/cvPwCC
PLA to seize the Nansha Islands: Malaysia is the first 'sacrificial
knife' http://bit.ly/cAUayx
Taiwan Defense Ministry comparable to Pentagon to protect against PLA
electromagnetic attack http://bit.ly/aLltAo
Taiwan's Tiger Force collects military intelligence on the mainland
http://bit.ly/8Z2uaN
Vietnam people are shameless: they have any evidence that they own the
South China Sea Islands? http://bit.ly/aFyfi2
Vietnam veteran interview: China People's Liberation Army is too cruel
http://bit.ly/cr4vvy
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Authoritative source: China J-10 better than Su-27 fighter and Japan
F15J http://bit.ly/d3sDNo
Brazil advanced naval academy students lamented China's advanced
simulation training http://bit.ly/ak7yl5
Breakthrough in Chinese/Indian Competition in South Asian Himalayan
barriers http://bit.ly/bM115B
China Commits To Assist Pakistan's Construction of Two New Civilian
Nuclear Power Plants http://bit.ly/a6yrNn
China Flying Leopard fighter: Low Altitude Bomber Breakthrough
http://bit.ly/cIlpd6
China has the ability to shoot down stealth fighters: F-22 will become
apparent prototype http://bit.ly/9jy8Bt
China's Naval Strategy "distant sea defense" getting more important
according to US media http://bit.ly/bnBJ7x
F-14 performance in China: 1 square meter target lock from 300km
distance http://bit.ly/cS2bmC
Large-scale Transformation in the Chinese Military Forces http://bit.ly/cLo4ZN
Major Chinese military plans come to light: No wonder China is so
confident http://bit.ly/chBqQM
Pioneer 2010 exercise: PLA Corps of Engineers Command College
Comprehensive Training http://bit.ly/ajsvkg
Seven Unique skills which provide the Chinese army with absolute air
advantage in the South China Sea http://bit.ly/adUVr4
Shocked: Chinese military to develop "evil product" http://bit.ly/9j6fUr
Sudden escalation of the situation in the South China Sea http://bit.ly/blxr4I
The distribution of Chinese Army and Army strategic importance
http://bit.ly/dgQVXY
U.S. light aircraft satellite photos of China: more than aircraft
carriers close to completion http://bit.ly/b8gLvp
What's the Impact of China's new and advanced fighter aircraft Jian
Shi http://bit.ly/aqIhj2
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Air Force combat subversion theory - China beat the U.S. cruise
missiles, helicopters, bombers http://bit.ly/cDgWu5
ARJ21-700 aircraft and 102 aircraft successful in big crosswind flight
test http://bit.ly/9O1iHL
Australian Defense Minister: Australia welcomes China's military
development http://bit.ly/9vLexc
Chinese/ROK Naval escort ships in the first joint exercise http://bit.ly/93fARs
Ling Ao Nuclear Power Station 2 Unit 1 reactor operational following
nuclear tests http://bit.ly/9Pl8br
National strategy to solve the issue of Nansha http://bit.ly/9GTG5K
Russian experts to assess the Sino-Russian military parade: DF31 one
hundred years behind the Topol M http://bit.ly/cSNLjA
Sino-Indian war in southern Tibet: Top Five Hidden Dangers http://bit.ly/dhpCHv
Taiwan's military: continue to promote the purchase of F16C / D
fighter http://bit.ly/cEMaiq
The PLA introduces third-generation air defense missile http://bit.ly/c9rwq6
U.S. media: the deployment of Japanese Self-Defense Forces in Okinawa
early as next year asx preventive measure http://bit.ly/adOM3c
U.S. to build a small satellite constellation for submarine
surveillance against China http://bit.ly/ch5hVZ
Will the Middle East become yet another battlefield of Sino-US race?
http://bit.ly/czF8uC
Zhenjiang Shipyard to deliver 30,000 tons of new ships http://bit.ly/9vwlD0
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British expert: U.S. global hegemony is only a temporary historical
phenomenon http://bit.ly/aG3K3G
China and Indonesia hold joint anti-terror special forces training
next year http://bit.ly/b8X2lo
China: PLA Navy's sea-shore capabilities integrated support a
significant jump http://bit.ly/d2iasM
China Expert: "Tian" incident will not lead to the war http://bit.ly/diLXyk
Chinese and American worries in Submarine warfare http://bit.ly/9Unxmz
Chinese prosperity and stability of the Korean Peninsula on the
security http://bit.ly/bzIZ8V
Japan and Australia signed a bilateral defense logistics agreement
http://bit.ly/axc0Ya
Japan Self-Defense Forces on alert due to "Tian" ship incident
http://bit.ly/dfQzcK
Let the true elite CIA think-tank stop thinking! http://bit.ly/aAQeRr
Reputation of anti-intervention strategies to deal with PLA Naval
Forces http://bit.ly/d4J62b
Russia to sell 32 M-171E transporthelicopters to China before the end
of the year http://bit.ly/d7lnPi
Russian Air Force by 2015 will be equipped with 400 new helicopters
http://bit.ly/9TvAqa
U.S. bases in Okinawa will temporarily deploy 12 F-22a Raptor fighter
http://bit.ly/dwXx2X
U.S. commander in panic: the Chinese army caught the US by surprise
http://bit.ly/d3xSjY
Watch China's new ship-borne helicopters flying at night http://bit.ly/bJaDRP
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Capture the human brain: the ultimate goal of the U.S. Fifth
battlefield http://bit.ly/cIavOK
China may build carrier-based aircraft in the flight test base in
Huludao http://bit.ly/bsakR4
China's military exercises deployed new digital self-propelled
artillery and other new equipment http://bit.ly/dCM9Rc
Construction of the U.S. sea-air joint operations, the Pentagon way to
deal with China http://bit.ly/blW6l0
Estimated strength of Korean military forces http://bit.ly/bMZ6Md
Japan claims that China is still no reliable second nuclear strike
capability http://bit.ly/clr76A
North Korea accused South Korean warships violated the military's
territorial waters http://bit.ly/aBkaiZ
North Korea to play nuclear games for their own strategic risk
http://bit.ly/cB6JGO
Photo: Nanjing Military Region air defense brigade mobile radar
tracking target http://bit.ly/bLlEkF
Why Obama has abandoned the Bush era "preemptive" security strategy?
http://bit.ly/9PHGSm
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Battle of the South Sea: The Case for Chinese Intervention in Vietnam
http://bit.ly/b4dVTe
Carrier-based version of F-11B Aircraft http://bit.ly/aeETQB
China dispatched it's first two fleets; Vietnam shocked http://bit.ly/aQe9j2
China fierce against Japan in the Persian Gulf http://bit.ly/aTVlNB
China to have the final say in finding a solution to the 'Korean
Problem' http://bit.ly/aqeluw
China's new breakthrough in supersonic heavy bombers http://bit.ly/bFYat3
China's New Missile Test self-exploded after launch http://bit.ly/a3v0Zt
China: Conflict with United States and Japan regarding the Diaoyu
Islands http://bit.ly/9zJELe
Chinese anti-aircraft weapons and dual-use mystery http://bit.ly/bbyOLK
Chinese officials feel frustrated by North Korea's moves http://bit.ly/djZ4S5
Comprehensive Analysis: China's Strategic Naval Intentions http://bit.ly/aqcgM4
Five secrets of the Chinese aircraft carrier http://bit.ly/9t5PGC
Former commander of the East China Sea Fleet: Pacific Island occupied
by Taiwan http://bit.ly/cpdeaP
India deploys massive forces to protect border with China http://bit.ly/aMjdLG
India: Deployment of advanced warplanes to deter China in-depth
http://bit.ly/aR7QY4
Iran launched a large military exercise to deter the United States
with Chinese anti-ship missiles http://bit.ly/bKIvQS
Japan plans to expand it's air defense identification ring closer
towards Taiwan http://bit.ly/d2VG28
Japan tries to protect it's islands from the Chinese by introducing
new legislation http://bit.ly/bIc0Rl
Japanese PM said the U.S. and Japan will be involved in military
conflict over the Diaoyu Islands http://bit.ly/9XWrjZ
Kim Jong-Il: War is money, and you don't have that http://bit.ly/bPqnui
Lieutenant General: Cross-Strait war unlikely, as military across the
Taiwan Strait have a tacit understanding http://bit.ly/bXT4Qb
Major reversal in Sino-Japanese relations, China catching up
http://bit.ly/9Ay21t
Mongolia: For Chinese, this is the world's most dangerous countries!
http://bit.ly/9zCTix
North Korea will use suicide tactics in naval battle http://bit.ly/aJUZHW
Pakistan says India will construct 5-6 additional ATV-class nuclear
submarines http://bit.ly/bENoSf
Pentagon nervous: China announced a major strategy http://bit.ly/a7Dayp
RAND: 30-50 Chinese missiles can destroy defenses at Guam http://bit.ly/dhbK0Q
Russia to deploy 3 flagships for exercises in the Japan sea http://bit.ly/d7WSNY
South Korea held its first live-fire exercise in the United States to
deploy anti-submarine aircraft F22A http://bit.ly/ct8OBE
Taiwan accused of assisting Japan in it's effort to expand the Japanse
air defense identification ring http://bit.ly/aJBny0
The quiet visit of Chinese Defense Minister Liang to Pakistan
http://bit.ly/9Ay21t
Two more nations ratify test ban treaty: No description http://bit.ly/bxzfPi
Will the Korean People's army show more courage than the Iraqi army in
2003 ? http://bit.ly/cdCnyW
US Admiral: China's navy has no fear of any potential enemy http://bit.ly/dAegz1
US and Japanese defense ministers agreed to jointly monitoring trends
in the Chinese Navy http://bit.ly/c1s7Oz
US bullying of Iran: China supports Iran's anti-US military http://bit.ly/an1SkU
US military reports confirm that China has built three cruise missile
base http://bit.ly/aQmxOq
US says China will maintain sovereignty in the South and East China
Seas http://bit.ly/d7iAG9
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Chinese articles on the new U.S. National Security Strategy :

America, "Obama version of" National Security Strategy baked (Bejing
News) http://bit.ly/9CqDqu
Comment: Reality forces the tone of the U.S. "National Security
Strategy (Xinhua) http://bit.ly/cL7qyA
International Observer: How do the new U.S. security strategy (Xinhua)
http://bit.ly/9Mfii6
New U.S. national security strategy, changed and unchanged (Xinhua)
http://bit.ly/bthUnP
Obama's National Security Strategy does not mention preemptive warfare
(Xinhua) http://bit.ly/9B6xwt
The new U.S. security strategy shows the difference between Barack
Obama and George W. Bush (Intl. Online) http://bit.ly/9AW1N6
U.S. National Security Strategy: tone does not degenerate (Liberation
Daily) http://bit.ly/bF1zsD

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Chinese Military News Websites & Forums

162 Division comrades forum http://bit.ly/aa1cyZ
CCTV Military Channel http://bit.ly/9nhNUJ
China Comrades Union http://bit.ly/ctw6fZ
China Military Network http://bit.ly/cV2flk
China's Military http://bit.ly/bUp3KQ
Chinese Military Games Network http://bit.ly/cgdxOC
ChnQiang Military News http://bit.ly/c8YqlE
CTN Military Network http://bit.ly/bNutP6
East Asia Military Network http://bit.ly/bgKd2E
Eastern Military Network http://bit.ly/c18rSg
Fenghuang Wang Military http://bit.ly/b0CcU3
Gansu Daily Military News http://bit.ly/aVdAIF
GloBBS Military Forums http://bit.ly/9ptl9W
Guangming Daily Military Channel http://bit.ly/9vkh2y
Hlkmil http://bit.ly/9YxQyx
Jagged Network http://bit.ly/adSZyc
Junren Military Forums http://bit.ly/amrign
Junren Military Network http://bit.ly/9UgW6B
Junshiz Military News http://bit.ly/czaQrW
Military People's Network http://bit.ly/crBJV4
Military Sword http://bit.ly/9kHwwE
Military Times http://bit.ly/c24LYF
Military World http://bit.ly/a859X6
Nation Field http://bit.ly/byZf57
Qianlong Military http://bit.ly/cEKOST
Sina Military http://bit.ly/bSU9yp
Sina Military Video's http://bit.ly/d863Jj
Sohu Military Channel http://bit.ly/9sxtFI
SoSo Military News http://bit.ly/c1tGPm
Strait Military Channel http://bit.ly/a3FaNB
Supercamp http://bit.ly/aifSyr
Voices of the Forum http://bit.ly/bC3NwZ
Xinhua Military Channel http://bit.ly/ckoNlm
Zhenhua Military Network http://bit.ly/9kslgv

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Some translated Chinese cyberwar related articles :

69 Jihad hacking real reasons revealed http://bit.ly/a965fH
How developed countries attach importance to network security?
http://bit.ly/9Fsh2q
Multi-Angle of network warfare http://bit.ly/aeUurd
NDU Fellows: Network war may lead to military conflict http://bit.ly/9GdxRk
The Construction of Europe's Digital Walls http://bit.ly/cEh6iT
Worldwide virtual world is changing warfare http://bit.ly/9t6SWf
Yin Zhengyi: U.S. network threats beyond virtual reality http://bit.ly/aLTwMt

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Some more information on Chinese cyber warfare and information
operations (apologies if any documents were already included earlier
in this thread) :

Timothy Thomas: Decoding the Virtual Dragon
http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/docs/ThomasSlides.pdf

Timothy Thomas: Understanding China and Russia's Cyber Strategies
http://www.slideshare.net/cjgroeneveld/presd1-17

Timothy Thomas: Chinese Cyberspace
http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com/2010/powerpoint/Tim-Thomas_chinaDCjan2010final.ppt

Timothy Thomas: Russian and Chinese Information Warfare, Theory and Practice
http://www.dodccrp.org/events/2004_CCRTS/CD/presentations/064.pdf

Timothy Thomas: China's Comprehensive IW-Strategy Link
http://www.au.af.mil/info-ops/iosphere/08special/iosphere_special08_thomas2.pdf

Timothy Thomas: Chinese and American Network Warfare
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/1538.pdf

Timothy Thomas: The Chinese Military's Strategic Mindset
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/chinese-mind-set.pdf

Timothy Thomas: China's Electronic Strategies
http://masterusal.campus-online.org/Archivos/info/China.pdf

Timothy Thomas: Comparing US, Russian and Chinese Information
Operations Concepts
http://www.dodccrp.org/events/2004_CCRTS/CD/papers/064.pdf

Timothy Thomas: China's Electronic Long-Range Reconnaissance
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/chinas-electronic.pdf

Timothy Thomas: New Developments in Chinese Strategic
Psychological Warfare
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/fmso/chinesepsyop.pdf

Timothy Thomas: Nation-State Cyber Strategies: The Case of China
http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/docs/ThomasSlides.pdf

Larry Wortzel: China's Approach to Cyber Operations, Implications for
the United States
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/111/wor031010.pdf

Gurmeet Kanwal: China's Emerging Cyber War Doctrine
http://www.idsa.in/system/files/jds_3_3_gkanwal_0.pdf

James Mulvenon: PLA Computer Network Operations: Scenarios, Doctrine,
Organizations and Capability
http://www.oss.net/dynamaster/file_archive/060322/17c1874f675af107a11872c1a76dbf37/SOF%20OSINT%20Handbook%20(Draft).pdf

Jason Fritz: How China Will Use Cyber Warfare To Leapfrog in Military
Competiveness
http://www.international-relations.com/CM8-1/Cyberwar.pdf

Toshi Yoshihara: Chinese Information Warfare: A Phantom Menace, or
Emerging Threat ?
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub62.pdf

Shane Harris: China's Cyber Militia
http://www.triprosec.net/pdf/china_cyber_militia.pdf

Vinod Anand: Chinese Concepts and Capabilities of Information Warfare
http://www.idsa.in/system/files/strategicanalysis_vanand_1206.pdf

Rebecca MacKinnon: China, The Internet and Google
http://rconversation.blogs.com/MacKinnonCECC_Mar1.pdf

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Some more articles, mostly on cyberwarfare related issues :

Australia and Cyber Warfare http://bit.ly/cTp8CG
China in the Indian Ocean: A Case of Uncharted Waters http://bit.ly/aEdlj4
China: Military and Security Developments http://bit.ly/c2ZOr8
China's Military Modernization and Its Impact on the US and AP
http://bit.ly/8XyoOj
China's Revolution in Military Affairs: An Uphill Endeavour http://bit.ly/9tNP10
Cyber War, Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Espionage (v1.2) http://bit.ly/Lq9xW
Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism http://bit.ly/9RmNgX
Cyberwar: Analysis of the Means and Motivations of Nation States
http://bit.ly/9sAn5I
Cyber Weapons Proliferation and Deterrence http://bit.ly/9oNhYy
Information Operations from an Asian Perspective http://bit.ly/c4nux9
Information Operations: The Hard Reality of Soft Power http://bit.ly/azha09
Information Warfare: Relevance to Nuclear Weapons Security http://bit.ly/aFH6FB
Jayson E. Street: Dispelling Cyberwar Myths http://bit.ly/dzDIqg
Joseph Nye: Cyberpower http://bit.ly/axwbmL
Kenneth Geers: Cyberspace and the Changing Nature of Warfare
http://bit.ly/czN5GH
Martin C. Libicki: Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar http://bit.ly/NlsJG
Nation-State Hacking: Threat or Hype ? (ISSA) http://bit.ly/9f8HeL
Operational aspects of cyberwarfare or cyber-terrorist attacks
http://bit.ly/dgGeOE
Rise of Cyberwar (Air Force Academy) http://bit.ly/9ZBFno
The Chinese Cyber Attacks formerly known as Titan Rain http://bit.ly/blou4A
The Chinese People's Liberation Army and Space Warfare http://bit.ly/d70v6D
The Glass Fortress: Zimbabwe’s Cyber-Guerrilla Warfare http://bit.ly/9Ov3ts
The New Great Game: Chinese Views on Central Asia http://bit.ly/dpqHuf
Treble Spyglass, Treble Spear: China's "Three Warfares" http://bit.ly/6PaM85
When Does Electronic Espionage or a Cyber Attack become an “Act of
War” http://bit.ly/aTOfRT

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