Building China into a Cyber Superpower

This book provides a comprehensive look into China's emerging cyberspace strategy.

Munish Sharma currently works as an advisor on cyber and emerging technology areas at a foreign diplomatic mission in New Delhi. He has worked in the private sector, held a research position at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, and consulted with India's Ministry of External Affairs. He has a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Cyber power: Concept and framework 7 3 China's tryst with cyberspace Priorities and perspectives 27 4 China's cyber diplomacy: Going global with China's version of cyber governance 70 5 Emerging digital technologies: China's great leap forward 102 6 China's cyber force: Preparing the PLA for "informatized war" 139 7 Conclusion 175 References 181 Index 220 -