English: Anti-Chinese government placard bearing the words “Support Democracy in China!” 日本語: 「自由と人権 アジア連帯集会」＆デモで使われたプラカード「中国民主化支援！」 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If ever I could recommend an article about Chinese internal cyber activities, laws and enforcement, this is it.
Maybe. Just maybe the reputed uber-control of the internet within China is propaganda. But the way Chinese government crackdowns were explained to me by Chinese dissidents on my first trip to China, the Chinese government doesn’t care enough to go after onesies and twosies. Hence the dissidents meet almost out in the open. They said the Chinese government only gets involved when something poses a threat to the State.
Second, I’m not sure the Chinese government has enough technical expertise to go after these internal cyber-thieves, as well as detecting and fending off foreign cyber intruders and still maintain their networks. Even though the Chinese have 1.3 billion residents and supposed 100,000 hackers and one million devoted intelligence personnel supporting this effort alone, there might not be enough cyber analysts to look at everything. Even the Chinese must prioritize.
Chinese cyber crime: More crooks than patriots
By Kathrin Hille
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Filed under: China Tagged: China, Chinese, Chinese government, Computer crime, Cyberwarfare, Government of the People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army, United States
