1st Edition
Building China into a Cyber Superpower Desires, Drivers, and Devices
Acknowledgements viii
Abbreviations ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Cyber power: Concept and framework 7
3 China’s tryst with cyberspace Priorities and perspectives 27
4 China’s cyber diplomacy: Going global with China’s version of cyber governance 70
5 Emerging digital technologies: China’s great leap forward 102
6 China’s cyber force: Preparing the PLA for “informatized war” 139
7 Conclusion 175
References 181
Index 220
Biography
Munish Sharma currently works as an advisor on cyber and emerging technology areas at a foreign diplomatic mission in New Delhi. He has worked in the private sector, held a research position at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, and consulted with India’s Ministry of External Affairs. He has a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
