Commission Hears Extent of China’s Espionage and Cyber Terrorism

The widespread use of propaganda at home and abroad, and espionage and cyber-espionage against the United States by the People’s Republic of China are increasingly becoming issues of grave concern by China experts. Chinese espionage, cyber terrorism, and propaganda were the subjects of a hearing April 30 on Capitol Hill. The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) heard testimony from expert witnesses on what the China is doing, its intentions, how they target U.S. public opinion, while engaging in large-scale espionage and cyber terrorism. China wants to present itself as having no malicious intentions and that its rise as a great power is benign. Hard evidence, however, indicates the opposite. Most of the hacking going on against U.S. government and businesses comes from mainland China. Commissioner Peter Brookes in his opening statement said that computer systems involved with the development of the F-35 fighter aircraft were penetrated by some alleged hackers traced back to mainland China. Similarly, there have been probes of the computer networks that control electric grids in the United States, again, traced back to China. Read more.