Yesterday, we outlined China’s 9 Principles for Replacing America as the Global Superpower … excerpted from The Hundred Year Marathon: China’s Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower by Michael Pillsbury.
- Don’t provoke a powerful adversary.
- Turn your opponent’s house on itself.
- Be patient to achieve victory.
- Steal your opponent’s ideas and technology.
- Target an enemy’s weak points rather than relying on an accumulation of brute strength.
- Beware political states that have a dominant influence or authority over others.
- Deceive others into doing your bidding for you.
- Establish and employ metrics for measuring your status relative to other potential challengers.
- Maintain a deeply ingrained sense of paranoia.
Today, let’s focus on #5 and drill down on the Chinese cyber-threat.
Michael Pillsbury nails the point in his book …
The Homa Files 