The cumulative impact of the virtual bamboo curtain is far-reaching not only for Chinese nationals but for the United States.
If China has its way, the virtual bamboo curtain will grow shoots all over the world.
China, to its credit, sought to dominate the manufacture of key goods, which it conveniently uses to control and shape the global narrative concerning the regime's actions at home and abroad. Developing into a dominant manufacturer has also given China an opportunity to engage in widespread industrial espionage as Chinese firms, illicitly acquired industrial secrets from the companies with whom they partnered.
What makes competition with China fundamentally different than competition with the Soviet Union is how Chinese intelligence services can use seemingly ordinary Chinese nationals, sometimes coerced, with legitimate business or educational interests to penetrate government, industry, academia, and the media.
Thanks to near ubiquitous surveillance and a growing global intelligence network designed to monitor Chinese nationals, the virtual bamboo curtain can do exactly what President Xi wants-protect the Chinese Communist Party's hold on power.
First, the United States should support Chinese dissident groups and support their efforts to overcome the CCP's virtual bamboo curtain.
The time to act is now and stop the expansion of China's virtual bamboo curtain.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/05/05/chinas_virtual_bamboo_curtain_115249.html
If China has its way, the virtual bamboo curtain will grow shoots all over the world.
China, to its credit, sought to dominate the manufacture of key goods, which it conveniently uses to control and shape the global narrative concerning the regime's actions at home and abroad. Developing into a dominant manufacturer has also given China an opportunity to engage in widespread industrial espionage as Chinese firms, illicitly acquired industrial secrets from the companies with whom they partnered.
What makes competition with China fundamentally different than competition with the Soviet Union is how Chinese intelligence services can use seemingly ordinary Chinese nationals, sometimes coerced, with legitimate business or educational interests to penetrate government, industry, academia, and the media.
Thanks to near ubiquitous surveillance and a growing global intelligence network designed to monitor Chinese nationals, the virtual bamboo curtain can do exactly what President Xi wants-protect the Chinese Communist Party's hold on power.
First, the United States should support Chinese dissident groups and support their efforts to overcome the CCP's virtual bamboo curtain.
The time to act is now and stop the expansion of China's virtual bamboo curtain.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/05/05/chinas_virtual_bamboo_curtain_115249.html
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