China's $90bn ups cyberwar stakes

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.zdnet.com.au/china-s-90bn-ups-cyberwar-stakes-339308397.htm

By Darren Pauli
ZDNet.com.au 
January 10th, 2011

Last year, Northrup Grumman released a report warning that China had a 
mighty cyber arsenal which it could use in a possible future cyber 
conflict. News last week that Chinese defence spending could be double 
the public figure could mean that such claims are true, and perhaps even 
conservative.

The news arose in diplomatic cables dating back to 2006 obtained from 
Wikileaks by Fairfax newspapers. Australian diplomats reported to the 
United States that the Australian Government believed China's military 
budget was $90 billion, double the $45 billion publicly announced by 
Beijing.

Australian intelligence and defence agencies told the US that China was 
building a military capability well above that needed to repel a move 
for independence by Taiwan, and said it had become a risk to stability 
in the region.

"China's longer-term agenda is to develop 'comprehensive national 
power', including a strong military, that is in keeping with its view of 
itself as a great power," the cables said.

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