Cyber Dragon: Inside China's Information Warfare and Cyber Operations: Inside China's Information Warfare and Cyber Operations

by Dean Cheng

Overview

China combines financial firepower—currently the world's second largest economy—with a clear intent of fielding a modern military capable of competing not only in the physical environments of land, sea, air, and outer space, but especially in the electromagnetic and cyber domains. This book makes extensive use of Chinese-language sources to provide policy-relevant insight into how the Chinese view the evolving relationship between information and future warfare as well as issues such as computer network warfare and electronic warfare.

Written by an expert on Chinese military and security developments, this work taps materials the Chinese military uses to educate its own officers to explain the bigger-picture thinking that motivates Chinese cyber warfare. Readers will be able to place the key role of Chinese cyber operations in the overall context of how the Chinese military thinks future wars will be fought and grasp how Chinese computer network operations, including various hacking incidents, are part of a larger, different approach to warfare. The book's explanations of how the Chinese view information's growing role in warfare will benefit U.S. policymakers, while students in cyber security and Chinese studies will better understand how cyber and information threats work and the seriousness of the threat posed by China specifically.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440835650
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/14/2016
Series:	Praeger Security International
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	290
Sales rank:	987,813
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dean Cheng is senior research fellow for Chinese political and security affairs in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation.