• Eleven years ago, in 1999, the Washington Post noted, "No one is more aggressive in today's world than the Chinese when it comes to stealing high technology and nuclear secrets."

• In September 2007, the Financial Times reported, "The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defense department, say American officials.
  

• In March 2008, CNN reported, "The Chinese military continues to increase spending on efforts to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy, and invest in intercontinental nuclear missiles and weapons to destroy satellites, according to the latest U.S report on China's military power."

• And, in February-March 2010, Charles Grant -director of the Centre for European Reform - warned, "Western governments have suffered increasingly powerful cyber attacks that have been traced to mainland China."

China claims not to be responsible for the most recent cyber attacks on Google and 34 other companies and entities.

But President Obama is "troubled by the cyber security breach that Google attributes to China" and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton noted in a recent speech that cyber attacks "disrupt the free flow of information in our society" and "pose a threat to our economy, our government, and our civil society."

In response to the China-Google confrontation, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution in early February, sponsored by Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE), that condemned the cyber attacks and called on the Chinese government to investigate.  Bipartisan cosponsors of the Kaufman resolution included Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ).

Likewise, the House of Representatives earlier this month passed legislation by a 422-5 margin to improve American cyber security and expertise.  According to sponsor and Congressman Michael Arcuri (D-NY), "Investing in cyber security is the Manhattan Project of our generation."

Meanwhile the National Security Agency is helping Google analyze the attacks and better defend its networks and users from future attacks.  According to the Washington Post, sources said the arrangement is designed to "allow the two organizations to share critical information without violating Google's policies or laws that protect the privacy of Americans' online communications."

Secretary Clinton best expressed in her speech the official U. S. position when she noted, "States, terrorists, and those who would act as their proxies must know that the United States will protect our networks."

No national security experts expect the problem of Chinese cyber attacks against the U. S. to end anytime soon, if at all.  And some warn that the problem could get far worse before it improves.

As Yale computer science professor David Gelernter ominously warned in April 2009, "China is our new Cold War enemy, and her favorite weapons will also be novel: financial weapons, trade weapons, cyber weapons."

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01/23/2012

WHAT CHINA'S RISE REALLY MEANS

Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, and author of "The Coming Jobs War":  "The United States will be overwhelmed by China unless there is an economic miracle. Americans are betting their entire country and the future of their children and their grandchildren on one big ‘unless.'"

12/24/2011

Des Moines Register:  "Iowa Christian conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats didn't require money in exchange for his endorsement, he said Thursday, but presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Vander Plaats told him 'he needed money' to promote his eventual endorsement." 

09/20/2011

Corporate security analysts say businesses are under constant threat from sophisticated espionage, often sponsored by foreign governments, especially China's.  Due to recession, US companies become more vulnerable to spies as many scrimp on security to save money in recession.  

09/19/2011

News that a Conservative Member of Parliament in Canada exchanged flirtatious emails with a reporter from China's state-run news agency is raising questions about whether Chinese spies have developed relationships with Canadian officials.  

09/03/2011

China is expanding its economic and political ties across Africa.  This rapid rise in Chinese influence has sparked US concern Chinese firms will gain an edge over US competitors.  Another concern -- Beijing's strategic ambitions for the continent.  

08/24/2011

On CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," Jon Huntsman declares in flawless Mandarin:  "I'm going to become the next President of the United States....The unfortunate thing is, I'm known by the wrong quarter of the world's population."  

08/24/2011

08/03/2011

A leading computer security firm has used logs produced by a single server to trace the hacking of more than 70 corporations and government organizations over many months, and experts familiar with the analysis say the snooping probably originated in China.  

07/24/2011

China is the largest foreign holder of US dollar debt and - with much to lose if America defaults - is closely watching the debt-ceiling debate in DC.  But so far, the Chinese are avoiding voluble statements and following an official policy of silence.