China Says It Will Use All Means, Including Military, to Ensure Online Security

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China Says It Will Use All Means, Including Military, to Ensure Online Security

By CircleID Reporter
December 27, 2016, 7:15 pm PST Views: 6,747 Add Comment

“Beijing vowed on Tuesday to use all necessary means, including military ones, to wipe out subversion and attempts to undermine its sovereignty in cyberspace.” Zhuang Pinghui reporting in South China Morning Post: “A strategy document released by top internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration said the use of the internet for treason, secession, revolt, subversion or stealing or leaking of state secrets would be punished. It also warned of penalties for working with ‘overseas forces’ for sabotage, subversion or secession. ... [President Xi Jinping] has urged the accelerated development of security systems to protect key information infrastructure. The strategy document said the global race to seize strategic cyber resources and take the initiative in cyberspace had become increasingly fierce.”

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