Forbes Takes on SpyNet/GhostNet

I'm not sure whether the tech community has decided to call the Chinese incursions SpyNet or GhostNet but either way Forbes just posted the following:

"GhostNet reminds us that the new Cold War won't be fought with the threats and weapons of the old one. Americans might have less trouble keeping in mind occupied Tibet, the war on Chinese Christianity, the imprisonment and torture of political dissidents and members of Falun Gong, the one-child-only decree and other specimens of PRC tyranny if they didn't find Asian-on-Asian violence so deucedly boring. Instead of paying attention to those issues, we simper about mutual respect and cooperation--without acknowledging the fact that China is today the world's most powerful Evil Empire. The Soviets favored large armies and nuclear arsenals, but China is our new Cold War enemy, and her favorite weapons will also be novel: financial weapons, trade weapons, cyberweapons. Welcome to Cold War II."

Previously, I had reported that 'we cannot trust China' but Forbes takes it to a new level today. I have to wonder whether Forbes goes a little too far or if they are in line with what we should be thinking. Its interesting to see what a couple little documents can unearth.

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