(((Because China exports cheap, advanced telecommunications equipment to authoritarian states, causing them to destabilize through free expression.)))
http://saag.org/%5Cpapers25%5Cpaper2470.html
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Chinese Mobile Phone Services in North Myanmar
By B. Raman
"It is learnt that taking advantage of the inability of the Myanmar military junta to provide satisfactory and affordable mobile phone services in the Shan State and the Kachin State areas of North Myanmar, Chinese companies have been operating mobile phone services in Yunnan for the benefit of the people of North Myanmar.
"Compared to the poor services provided by the Myanmar Posts and
Telecommunications Department, the services provided by the Yunnan-based Chinese companies are of high quality and available free of cost to the Kachins and Shans, who have to pay only for the mobile sets, which cost about one-third or even one-fourth of the price of the sets sold by the Myanmar Department.
"As a result, Chinese services and mobile sets have become immensely popular in North Myanmar. A number of public call offices, which have come up in North Myanmar, use Yunnan-based networks. Concerned over this development, the Myanmar military authorities have started seizing all Chinese mobile sets in the possession of the Kachins in order to prevent their using the services of the Yunnan-based companies.
"2. There is so far no evidence of any Chinese plans for starting similar services in the bordering areas of Tibet for the benefit of the people of Arunachal Pradesh. However, one has to be alert to this possibility."
(((Because China finally has a rapid, global first-strike capability, just like the USA, only more so.)))
–Report Warns of Chinese Espionage and Cyber Attack Capabilities
(November 16, 2007)
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission's annual report to
Congress says "Chinese espionage activities in the US are so extensive that they comprise the single greatest risk to the security of American technologies." The report recommends investigating whether China's own military technology is benefiting from US research conducted in China.
The report also says that the Chinese military is developing the capability for launching cyber attacks that could have the "magnitude of a weapon of mass destruction."
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/misc/print/0,1000000169,39290843-39001093c,00.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/16/china_cyber_wmd_space_plague_horror/print.html http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2007/annual_report_full_07.pdf
[Editor's Note (Northcutt): The report is important although it is a bit vague. According to the report, China's emphasis is on acquiring sophisticated ballistic and cruise missiles, submarines, mines, and information and electronic warfare capabilities.
(Skoudis): Our threatscape is shifting. If your enterprise is part of the critical infrastructure of our world (and we're not just talking about electricity providers, phone companies, and ISPs here... this list also includes banks, transportation companies, manufacturers, government institutions, and so on) you really must add to your security planning the issue of state-sponsored cyber attack. Make sure you have good contacts with law enforcement, and consider participating in an
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) associated with your industry. There are ISACs now for communications, electricity, emergency management & response, financial services, highway, IT, state governments, public transit, surface transportation, supply chain, and water. Join one.]
(((Because the USA is an aging civilization so pathetically dark, broke and enfeebled, so hostile to science and foreigners, that it is suffering a reverse brain drain.)))
MISCELLANEOUS
–Brain Drain In Technology
Both government and private industry face a brain drain. The US
Government is looking at 4 retirements out of every 10 workers over the next 5 years. Private industry is in better shape, 2 out of 10 workers are expected to retire over the next 10 years. Neither government nor industry seems to be taking this issue urgently. All of this is poised to happen when not only do organizations have knowledge management software, but documentation is at an all time low.
((("Hey! What happened to the US government?" "They got old and went home.")))
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202805954
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101526
[Editor's Comment (Northcutt): Actually with the declining dollar, we should keep our ears to the ground for something called a "reverse brain drain", bright educated people that came to the US or opportunity may start to return home:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-02-23-economy-edit_x.htm ]
