A story that was posted on our Web site two weeks ago about China developing cyberwarfare first-strike capabilities created quite a stir, and a couple of readers were curious about my take on the development. One said he would be interested in my perspective, given my experience in China. The other was more blunt. “Just what we needed,” he wrote. “Is Don Tennant now going to tell us again that China is, of course, our friend?”

Consider this statement from a Gartner report dated May 14, 2007: “Based on public domain information, the following nations are believed to possess or be developing defensive or offensive cyberwarfare capabilities: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the United States and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”

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