{"id":4080,"date":"2020-12-24T21:52:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2020-12-24T21:52:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:52:34","slug":"chinas-tech-authoritarianism-too-big-to-contain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4080","title":{"rendered":"China’s tech authoritarianism too big to contain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“If the global community doesn\u2019t come together, China will assume economic dominance of Artificial Intelligence applications, be in a position to spy on much of the world, and leverage international organizations to \u201cmake the world as a whole safe for authoritarianism,\u201d”
…
“China has successfully shifted focus away from manufacturing \u2014 which it now dominates globally \u2014 towards higher-value tech sectors via a \u201cMade in China 2025\u201d<\/a> policy focused on AI, robotics, quantum computing, new materials and high speed transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether ranked by market capitalization, revenue or employees<\/a>, China\u2019s large tech companies now outnumber those of all countries except the U.S. Chinese adoption of AI technologies is faster<\/a> than in all other countries. Faced with a growing number of countriesbanning Chinese telecom giantHuawei and the acceleration of digital transformation demanded by the Covid-19 pandemic, China increased state investment \u2014 from both local and central government<\/a> \u2014 in semiconductors and artificial intelligenceby more than $1 trillion in its latest Five-Year Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee worries that \u201cdue to its sheer size\u201d China \u201calready has an inherent edge\u201d in new technologies, projected to overtake U.S. research and development spending by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China is formally creating the sort of military-industrial complex that exists informally in the U.S., \u2014 \u201dmobilizing all aspects of national power<\/a> for science and technology\u201d”…
“Chinese companies are adept at delivering convenient tech-enabled services that range from AI-powered traffic management systems to eCommerce software. Companies such as GTCOM enable parts of those services. In GTCOM\u2019s case by offering machine translation of text in 2.500 pairs of languages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the surface that may sound simply like a Chinese version of Google Translate. The potential problem is that military grade intelligence can now be created out of the sort of data that feeds GTCOM\u2019s services. Natural language processing tools can identify extreme language or measure public sentiment. Location can be used to map people\u2019s movements: potentially indicating social unrest or pinpointing political opponents. Unlike Google, companies like GTCOM exist to provide that sort of information to the Chinese state.”…
“China\u2019s cyber espionage is increasingly spilling out into the open. In 2018, Le Monde reported that Chinese firms had not only built but systematically bugged the new headquarters of the African Union. U.S. intelligence agencies have identified Chinese hackers as responsible for data breaches involving the majority of Americans: from 22 million government records held by the Office of Personnel Management to Equifax credit reports for 147 million Americans. Canada\u2019s 2020 Cyber Threat Assessment<\/a> published Wednesday put China at the head of a short list of \u201cgreatest strategic threat\u201d countries engaging in state-sponsored cyberattacks on Canada\u2019s critical infrastructure and citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S Department of Justice charges that Huawei is so brazen in its pursuit of stolen intellectual property<\/a> that it offered \u201cbonuses to employees who succeeded in stealing confidential information from other companies.\u201d U.S. agencies estimate the economic damage may range anywhere from $225 to $600 billion<\/a> a year.”…
“Key to China\u2019s success is heavy technology investment \u2014 signaling that any attempt to outpace China will require industrial policy investments. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire Wednesday urged the EU executive to make funding cloud technology a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another solution: Bans and sanctions that limit the ability of Chinese companies to grow and improve their technology. India took that approach in June, banning TikTok, WeChat and dozens of other Chinese-owned app, saying China stole user data<\/a> in a way that \u201cultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others options include directly enhancing defense capabilities: Boris Johnson this week announced the establishment of a U.K. national cyberforce to protect the UK against cyber attacks, and a new AI agency to develop autonomous weapons systems. Russell Haworth, CEO of Nominet \u2014 which manages the U.K.\u2019s internet domain system \u2014 backed Johnson\u2019s moves. \u201cChina\u2019s role has been well documented. The variety of attacks against an ever growing list of targets necessitates investment,\u201d he said.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/20\/chinas-tech-authoritarianism-438646<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“If the global community doesn\u2019t come together, China will assume economic dominance of Artificial Intelligence applications, be in a position to spy on much of the world, and leverage international organizations to \u201cmake the world as a whole safe for authoritarianism,\u201d”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“China has successfully shifted focus away from manufacturing \u2014 which it now dominates globally \u2014 towards higher-value tech sectors via a \u201cMade in China 2025\u201d policy focused on AI, robotics, quantum computing, new materials and high speed transport.
\nWhether ranked by market capitalization, revenue or employees, China\u2019s large tech companies now outnumber those of all countries except the U.S. Chinese adoption of AI technologies is faster than in all other countries. Faced with a growing number of countries banning Chinese telecom giant Huawei and the acceleration of digital transformation demanded by the Covid-19 pandemic, China increased state investment \u2014 from both local and central government \u2014 in semiconductors and artificial intelligence by more than $1 trillion in its latest Five-Year Plan.<\/p>\n

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee worries that \u201cdue to its sheer size\u201d China \u201calready has an inherent edge\u201d in new technologies, projected to overtake U.S. research and development spending by 2030.<\/p>\n

China is formally creating the sort of military-industrial complex that exists informally in the U.S., \u2014 \u201dmobilizing all aspects of national power for science and technology\u201d”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Chinese companies are adept at delivering convenient tech-enabled services that range from AI-powered traffic management systems to eCommerce software. Companies such as GTCOM enable parts of those services. In GTCOM\u2019s case by offering machine translation of text in 2.500 pairs of languages.
\nOn the surface that may sound simply like a Chinese version of Google Translate. The potential problem is that military grade intelligence can now be created out of the sort of data that feeds GTCOM\u2019s services. Natural language processing tools can identify extreme language or measure public sentiment. Location can be used to map people\u2019s movements: potentially indicating social unrest or pinpointing political opponents. Unlike Google, companies like GTCOM exist to provide that sort of information to the Chinese state.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“China\u2019s cyber espionage is increasingly spilling out into the open. In 2018, Le Monde reported that Chinese firms had not only built but systematically bugged the new headquarters of the African Union. U.S. intelligence agencies have identified Chinese hackers as responsible for data breaches involving the majority of Americans: from 22 million government records held by the Office of Personnel Management to Equifax credit reports for 147 million Americans. Canada\u2019s 2020 Cyber Threat Assessment published Wednesday put China at the head of a short list of \u201cgreatest strategic threat\u201d countries engaging in state-sponsored cyberattacks on Canada\u2019s critical infrastructure and citizens.
\nThe U.S Department of Justice charges that Huawei is so brazen in its pursuit of stolen intellectual property that it offered \u201cbonuses to employees who succeeded in stealing confidential information from other companies.\u201d U.S. agencies estimate the economic damage may range anywhere from $225 to $600 billion a year.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Key to China\u2019s success is heavy technology investment \u2014 signaling that any attempt to outpace China will require industrial policy investments. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire Wednesday urged the EU executive to make funding cloud technology a priority.
\nAnother solution: Bans and sanctions that limit the ability of Chinese companies to grow and improve their technology. India took that approach in June, banning TikTok, WeChat and dozens of other Chinese-owned app, saying China stole user data in a way that \u201cultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others options include directly enhancing defense capabilities: Boris Johnson this week announced the establishment of a U.K. national cyberforce to protect the UK against cyber attacks, and a new AI agency to develop autonomous weapons systems. Russell Haworth, CEO of Nominet \u2014 which manages the U.K.\u2019s internet domain system \u2014 backed Johnson\u2019s moves. \u201cChina\u2019s role has been well documented. The variety of attacks against an ever growing list of targets necessitates investment,\u201d he said.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4081,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions\/4081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}