While I mention the nuclear threat in this article, the "other front" of the war lies in China's apparent "informatization" - The Information War...

China "Hijacks" Google, Yahoo, MSN Search Engines: DOD Already Blew the Horn on "Information War" with China

Originally published 10/18/2007

China "Hijacks" Major Us Search Engines.

Following President George W. Bush's attendance of the award ceremony honoring the Dalai Lama, China states that the bestowal of the award has "gravely undermined" relations between the US and China. Further exacerbating circumstances for Beijing include President George W. Bush's decision to meet privately with the Dalai Lama at the White House.

In an apparent response to these events, hours-old reports contend that all search traffic arising from China using major US search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN are now being redirected to the Chinese-owned search engine Baidu.

Amid apologies and tensions arising from quality of children's toys, the ever-growing US Trade debt with China, and now the bestowal of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama, China's apparent response alarmingly reflects concerns previously stated by the US Department of Defense.

The DOD's Own Words.

After living and working in China for several years, I have retained a keen interest in US-China relations and events. Some months ago, I researched the US government's military outlook on China and ran across United States' Department of Defense (DOD) 2007 Annual Report to Congress regarding China's use of information as a weapon.

The following words are an excerpt from the DOD report:

"The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning short-duration, high intensity conflicts against high-tech adversaries which China refers to as "local wars under conditions of informatization." China's ability to sustain military power at a distance, at present, remains limited but, as noted in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review Report, it "has the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States and field disruptive military technologies that could over time offset traditional U.S. military advantages."

Interpreting The DOD's Warning.

Before going into this statement any further, we need to glean a few crucial words and phrases:
1. "comprehensive transformation" These words

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