Hi, I'm Ran Levy.

Hi, I'm Ran Levy.

Welcome back to Cyber Reasons Malicious Life. malicious life.

In part one of this mini-series on China's unrestricted warfare, we described how two Chinese military officers, veterans of the China-Thaiwan conflict,

help shape the role of cyber warfare in China and even in the US.

I also introduced you to Wren Zhang Fay,

Wao is founder who was determined to support China's growth

and geopolitical strength, perhaps as a way to prove his loyalty to his mother

country since his parents once supported the quote-unquote wrong side in China's internal conflict back in the 1940s.

The fundamental thesis of unrestricted warfare can be identified in the following quote. The new principles of war are no longer

using armed force to compel the enemy to submit to one's will, but rather are using all means, including armed force or non-armed

force, military and non-military, and lethal and non and lethal means to compel the enemy to accept one's interests."

In unrestricted warfare anything and everything can constitute a weapon of war.

A computer can be a weapon, or a diplomatic alliance, a person, a news report, or a business deal.

Even cooperating with the enemy can be a method of defeating them,

if they don't know what you're actually up to.

In the year 2000,

Nortel Networks set up showing at Security China 2000, the country's

premier trade show for internet and internet security.

There were among some 300 companies from 16 different countries

all vying for the lucrative deals to help China build its nationwide network infrastructure.

Despite all the competition, Nol Tell's pitch stood out.

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