Author Archive
Cybersecurity
Man Who May Be a Top Chinese Hacker Likes Grain Alcohol, Heineken
The everyday life of a PLA hacker.
Cybersecurity
The US Indictment of Five Chinese Army Officers Is Really About Redefining “Cyberspying”
Are some types of cyberspying worse than others?
Emerging Tech
Is Microsoft’s Bing Spreading the Chinese Government’s Censorship Around the World?
Findings from the anti-censorship blog GreatFire.org suggest an ominous extension of the Great Firewall’s reach.
Emerging Tech
Australia and China Are Beating Amazon in the Commercial Drone Race
Meet Flirtey and Shunfeng.
Digital Government
Would You Report Chinese Corruption to an Anonymous Government Website?
Official Communist Party informant site says it offers some whistleblower protections.
Emerging Tech
China Could Become the First Country to Legalize Parcel Delivery by Drone
One of China's biggest delivery companies is hoping to access remote areas with drone technology.
Cybersecurity
The Chinese Army Is Trying to Hack a Missouri Water Plant
So what else is China infiltrating?
Emerging Tech
Inside China’s Crazy Plan to Build the Longest, Most Expensive, Most Dangerous Underwater Tunnel on the Planet
The tunnel will be an estimated 76 miles long.
Modernization
From Boston to Sichuan, Messaging Apps Come to the Rescue When Cellphone Networks Fail
During emergencies mobile-phone networks are quickly overwhelmed, so users are taking to services that use bandwidth more efficiently.
Modernization
Six Reasons Why Chinese People Will Drive the Next Bull Market in Bitcoin
There’s one country where people probably won’t need much persuading to join the bit-craze.
Modernization
Intel and Baidu Join Forces as They Scramble to Keep Up with Mobile Growth
The two companies plan to develop software for China’s mobile internet market.
Featured eBooks
Digital Government
Tableau’s $150 million IPO offers more proof of Big Data’s big growth potential
The company's bread and butter is sophisticated analytics software and services.
Cybersecurity
Did Tencent just build a way around the Great Firewall of China?
The Chinese government blocks Facebook and has since 2009.
Cybersecurity
Diary of a Chinese Military Hacker: More Like ‘The Office’ Than James Bond
A former member of China’s military cyber hacking unit tells all.
