Time for soft power?
Did the Chinese bring out the big guns in a soft power battle? Or did they neglect to do so?China brands Google 'snotty-nosed' as cyber feud intensifies
China must bolster its online defences in the battle for public opinion, two military officers said on Friday as Beijing sought to portray itself as a victim rather than a perpetrator of cyberwarfare.
Two days after the US-based search engine Google revealed China was the origin of a high-profile hacking attack, senior colonel Ye Zheng and his colleague Zhao Baoxian of the People's Liberation Army emphasised the need for a robust internet strategy…
An editorial in the nationalist Global Times newspaper [described] Google as "snotty-nosed" and resentful about its failure to secure a larger share of the market in China…
[T]he search engine traced the attacks to Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong and home to a school that has previously been suspected of hosting hackers. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton described the allegations as "very serious".
Chinese officials acknowledged last week that their army – like that of several other nations – had established a cyberwarfare unit…
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