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China And Its Embrace of Offensive Cyberespionage

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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...

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ISBN: 9783111575100 9783111575513
Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2025
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