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Sinica Podcast

Patrolling China's cyberspace

Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8676 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Adam Segal is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book, The Hacked World Order, provides an in-depth exploration of the issues that most states and large companies now confront in cyberspace. It covers everything from the Twitter wars over Gaza to German reactions to the Snowden leaks. Our conversation focuses on how China sees cyberwarfare, cyberespionage, internet security and sovereignty, and how the nation's perspectives differ from America's. Adam presents a sometimes unsettling but sober and balanced analysis of Chinese and American approaches to attacking, defending and spying in digital realms. He defines a moment he calls “Year Zero” of the hacked world order, a period from mid-2012 to mid-2013 that saw cyberspace abandon its utopian tendencies and transform into a full-on battlefield. Our conversation also covers specific incidents, such as the U.S. Department of Justice's espionage charges against five Chinese hackers and the Chinese infiltration of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's database, as well as the capabilities and ethical concerns of China, the United States and other nations. Recommendations: Jeremy: My wife Wu Fei’s improvisation music videos: Facebook.com/RealWufeiMusic, YouTube.com/WuFeiMusic or Twitter.com/WuFei Adam: The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History by Tonio Andrade Kaiser: Dan Carlin’s Common Sense podcast Kaiser and Jeremy: Steve Orlins, the president of the National Committee on U.S.–China Relations who recently joined us on the podcast along with his colleague, Jan Berris, will lead a discussion on June 27 with former national security advisors. The event in Washington, D.C., is open to the public, but you need to RSVP. More info is here: http://goo.gl/yBT43o See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Welcome to the Cynica podcast, a week's discussion of current affairs in China, produced in partnership with SubChina.

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SubChina offers a feast of business, political, and cultural news about a nation that is reshaping the world.

1:10.1

We're coming to you this week from the studios of the Council on Foreign Relations here in Manhattan.

1:14.7

I'm Kaiser Guo, joined, of course, by Jeremy Goldcorn, aka Ugly Gorilla.

1:19.1

How are you?

1:19.8

You're this chock-loed da-sing.

1:23.1

Thank you.

1:24.7

I'm grunting.

1:27.0

So, Jeremy, do you remember back in 99? We were both here in 99, or there in Beijing.

1:32.4

Here is always forever going to refer to Beijing. I don't know. I'm not used to this idea about moving to the States yet.

1:38.1

There were just a couple of million people online in May of 99. And what happened after the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, I mean, you remember,

1:47.7

there was this like nutso outpouring of online nationalism and seemingly spontaneous

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