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China And Its Embrace of Offensive Cyberespionage
Kris Stoddart 
Swansea University Author:
Kris Stoddart
Abstract
The West is under challenge from the rise of China as a global power. Cyberespionage has enhanced China’s economy, military, and political influence, and it is now a peer rival to the American-led West across land, sea, air, and space. China can conduct cyberespionage on a scale that no other nation...
| ISBN: | 9783111575100 9783111575513 |
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| Published: |
Berlin
De Gruyter
2025
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| Online Access: |
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70506 |
| Abstract: |
The West is under challenge from the rise of China as a global power. Cyberespionage has enhanced China’s economy, military, and political influence, and it is now a peer rival to the American-led West across land, sea, air, and space. China can conduct cyberespionage on a scale that no other nation can currently match. Its Belt and Road Initiative is a modern-day Silk Route for both overland and maritime trade. Under President Xi Jingpin, China is now much closer to parity in conventional forces should it begin hard-power contestation and enter the realm of ‘Thucydides’ Trap’; a belief that a rising power will challenge a hegemon. Chinese cyberespionage is a real long-term challenge to the United States and the West in general. This book discusses what the implications are and what might still be to come. Critically examines Chinese uses of cyberespionage past, present, and future.Discusses global issues and implications relating to China’s rise. Theoretically and technically informed, but empirically driven through micro-macro levels of analysis. |
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| Keywords: |
Political Science; International Relations; Asian and Pacific Studies; East Asia; China; Computer Sciences; IT-Security and Cryptology |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |