Understanding the Chinese Communist Party's Approach to Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

TL;DR — An FDD study of Chinese cyber operations aimed at economic rather than military advantage.

Foundation for Defense of Democracies, September 2018.

Cooper’s frame is that Chinese cyber activity is best understood not as espionage or as war-preparation but as economic statecraft — intellectual-property acquisition and market positioning pursued by state means.

⚠️ FDD is an advocacy think tank with a declared policy posture, and the report argues toward a conclusion. Read for the mechanism it describes rather than the recommendations it reaches.

Where this came from

• Brendan Sheehan’s public are.na channel

44 pages. A copy is archived locally against link rot; the header links the original source.