The “Cyber Weapons Gap.” The Assessment of the China’s Cyber Warfare Capabilities and Its Consequences for Regional Security System (original) (raw)

China’s long-standing binding to asymmetric warfare justifies why cyber warfare is so popular among policymakers in this country. Being under the impression of overwhelming American victory over Iraq in the Gulf War and appreciating the role of computer systems in the victory, China, since the middle of the 1990s, has focused on developing cyber capabilities, perceiving them as an important strategic asset in a potential confrontation with the regional actors, particularly Taiwan but mostly against the United States.