China Youth Daily: Calmly Deal with U.S.’s New Assault in Cybersecurity
Shen Yi, a professor of international politics at Fudan University, wrote an opinion article about how to deal with the U.S.’s recent cyber espionage charge against five Chinese military officers. Shen offered three guidelines that China should take to respond to the U.S.’s new round of cybersecurity offensives against China:
Business Bankruptcy Filings Escalate
Economic Information, a publication under Xinhua, reported that bankruptcies are on the rise and banks have tightened credit, adding fuel to the economic downturn.
Ten Local Governments Allowed to Issue Bonds to Repay Debts
According to China’s Ministry of Finance, the State Council has approved 10 local governments as part of a pilot program to give them the authority to issue municipal bonds and be responsible for the repayment of their debts.
U.S. Cyber Crime Charges Enrage Beijing
China News Agency: What Logic Gives the Americans the Courage of a Thief Crying Stop Thief”?
Zuo Xiaodong, Deputy Director of the China Information Security Institute, wrote a special article on Chinanews.com (China News Agency), in response to the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment of five Chinese military officers for economic espionage by hacking into the computers of U.S. companies involved in nuclear energy, steel manufacturing, and solar energy. People’s Daily also posted the article on its website.
Housing Inventory Hits Record High
Daily Economic News reported that, as of end of April, 35 major cities saw an overall housing inventory increase of 2.6 percent compared to March and 19.5 percent compared to one year ago, hitting a five year record high.
China Review News: Internal Security in China Is More Crucial Than External Security
On May 20, 2014, China Review News published an article further explains “the Overall National Security View“ proposed by the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping at the first meeting of the National Security Commission on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. According to Xi’s speech, China must “implement and put into practice an overall national security view, paying attention to external as well as internal security.” While internal security aims at stable development, external security aims at win-win cooperation. China Review News article points out that
- Xi has corrected the one-sidedness of China’s security policies in the past, which only emphasized on external security;
- Xi implies that internal security in China is more crucial than external security as he put the aims of “internal security” before “external security”.
Source: China Review News, May 20, 2014
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