South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
17 January 2017
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“Be Prepared to Throw Punches”: Chinese Military Raises Alarm Over Rising Threat from Spying
Beijing is stepping up efforts to counter what it sees as growing security threats from foreign spying on China, the military’s mouthpiece warned on Monday.
According to a PLA Daily commentary, a number of incidents indicated that the risk from foreign reconnaissance was cause for alarm.
Those incidents included Japanese news agency Kyodo releasing detailed photos of China’s first home-grown aircraft carrier, and an American oceanographic vessel deploying an underwater drone last month near the South China Sea.
The armed forces of other countries were readying to establish a broad-spectrum spying network, with some agreeing to share intelligence on the Chinese military, the commentary said.
… Collin Koh, a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, said: “It might be more difficult to counter remote-sensing type of surveillance capabilities such as reconnaissance satellites for example.”
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Last updated on 17/01/2017
