ASYMMETRIC WAR? IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINA'S INFORMATION WARFARE STRATEGIES.
This essay discusses the emerging discourse and capability of the PRC on information warfare (IW) and the implications of such developments on cross-Strait and US-PRC relations. It finds that the PRC's endeavors in IW stem from the conviction among certain well-informed writers in the PLA that IW oc...
| Publicado en: | American Asian Review Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 167 - 208 |
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