Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author Biographies -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: China's Internet Development and Cybersecurity - Policies and Practices -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Internet development in China: an overview -- 1.3. China's policies towards Internet development -- 1.3.1. From the very beginning of its development, China's Internet has been closely linked to the Chinese economy, and was programmed and integrated into its macro economic development blueprints -- 1.3.2. In addition to lending full policy support to Internet development, China also invests heavily in building Internet infrastructures -- 1.3.3. The Chinese government actively promotes the R&D of next-generation Internet (NGI) -- 1.3.4. China practices a policy of managing cyber affairs in line with law, adhering to the principles of scientific and effective administration in its Internet governance -- 1.4. Cyber legislation and Internet administration -- 1.4.1. Basic principles and practices of Internet administration in China -- 1.4.1.1. Laws and regulations on Internet administration -- 1.4.1.2. The leading role of the Chinese government in Internet administration -- 1.4.1.3. Industry self-regulation -- 1.4.1.4. Public supervision through special websites -- 1.4.2. Guaranteeing the free and secure flow of information in cyberspace -- 1.4.2.1. Guaranteeing Citizens' Freedom of Speech on the Internet -- 1.4.2.1.1. Constitutional guarantee -- 1.4.2.1.2. Public supervision via the Internet -- 1.4.2.1.3. CCDI website for public supervision -- 1.4.2.1.4. Protecting citizens' online privacy -- 1.4.2.1.5. Guaranteeing online safety for minors -- 1.4.2.2. Protecting Internet Security -- 1.5. Cybersecurity and diplomacy: an international perspective -- 1.5.1. Cyber policy dialogue and consultation -- 1.5.2. Regional cyber cooperation.

1.5.3. Track II cyber diplomacy -- 1.5.4. Legal cooperation in combating cybercrimes -- 1.5.5. Technical cooperation -- 1.5.5.1. CNCERT -- 1.5.5.2. CNNIC -- 1.5.5.3. ISC -- 1.5.6. Office for Cyber Affairs of the MFA -- 1.6. A cybersecurity strategy in the making? -- 1.6.1. Significance of the Internet for China -- 1.6.2. Goals and objectives -- 1.6.3. Cyber threat landscape -- 1.6.4. Means for strategic goals -- 1.7. Conclusion -- Chapter 2: PLA Views on Informationized Warfare, Information Warfare and Information Operations -- 2.1. The evolution of chinese military thinking -- 2.2. The growing importance of information -- 2.3. Information operations -- 2.3.1. Command and control missions -- 2.3.2. Offensive information missions -- 2.3.2.1. Information coercion/information deterrence -- 2.3.2.2. Information blockade -- 2.3.2.3. Information misdirection -- 2.3.2.4. Information contamination -- 2.3.2.5. Information paralysis -- 2.3.3. Defensive information missions -- 2.3.4. Information support and safeguarding missions -- 2.4. Key types of information operations -- 2.4.1. Electronic combat (dianzizhan -- 电子战) -- 2.4.2. Network combat (wangluozhan -- 网络战) -- 2.4.3. Psychological combat (xinlizhan -- 心理战) -- 2.4.4. Intelligence combat (qingbaozhan -- 情报战) -- 2.4.5. Command and control combat (zhihuikongzhizhan -- 指挥控制战) -- 2.4.6. Physical combat -- 2.5. Computer network warfare and information operations -- Chapter 3: China's Adaptive Internet Management Strategy after the Emergence of Social Networks -- 3.1. Weibo: the turning point -- 3.1.1. Adaptive behaviors -- 3.1.2. Participative behaviors -- 3.2. Latest adjustments under Xi Jinping -- 3.2.1. Smart management of the Internet: a top priority under the new leadership -- 3.2.2. "Guiding public opinion"… -- 3.2.3. …while seizing economic opportunities -- 3.3. Bibliography.

Chapter 4: India's Cybersecurity - The Landscape -- 4.1. A snapshot of Asian cyberspace -- 4.1.1. Aspects of cyberconflict in Asia -- 4.1.2. West Asia -- 4.1.3. East Asia -- 4.2. The Indian cyber landscape -- 4.3. The China challenge: a case study -- 4.4. Responses -- 4.4.1. Implementing a national cybersecurity policy -- 4.5. Creating an institutional framework -- 4.5.1. Ensuring supply chain integrity -- 4.6. Takeaways -- Chapter 5: China and Southeast Asia: Offline Information Penetration and Suspicions of Online Hacking - Strategic Implications from a Singaporean Perspective -- 5.1. Offline sphere: latent "diasporic" information power and official Chinese soft power -- 5.2. The online sphere: hacktivism as mostly projections -- 5.3. Conclusion: offline politics strategically obscure online projections -- 5.4. Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Impact of Mongolia's Choices in International Politics on Cybersecurity -- 6.1. Mongolia's cyberspace -- 6.2. Cyberspace and political stakes -- 6.2.1. Mongolia targeted by cyber-attacks -- 6.2.2. Nationalism on the Internet -- 6.3. Information-space security policy -- Chapter 7: China-Iran-Russia - A Cybercommunity of Information? -- 7.1. The hall marks of cyber-cooperation -- 7.1.1. Pax cyber-mongolica -- 7.1.2. A cyber-community of information - the proof of Syria -- 7.1.3. The counter-point of Mali -- 7.2. The geopolitical bases for the cyber-Mongol empire -- 7.2.1. An undeniable closer Sino-Iranian relationship -- 7.2.2. Arms sales in Russo-Iranian and Sino-Iranian relations -- 7.2.3. Sino-Russian support for Iranian civil nuclear development -- 7.2.4. A clear-cut Sino-Russian diplomatic position on the Iranian program -- 7.2.5. Oil and gas at the heart of economic relations -- 7.3. Order in cyberspace: an absolute necessity within China -- 7.3.1. Interior order and exterior disorder.

7.3.2. The appearance of peace and the necessity of secrecy -- Chapter 8: Discourse Regarding China: Cyberspace and Cybersecurity -- 8.1. Identification of prevailing themes -- 8.1.1. Depictions of the Internet in China -- 8.1.2. Impact of cyberspace on Chinese society -- 8.1.3. The Chinese cyber threat -- 8.1.4. The Chinese army: its practices, capabilities and strategies -- 8.1.5. Espionage -- 8.1.6. China, cyberspace and international relations -- 8.1.7. Particular points from the Western perspective -- 8.2. The evolution of American discourse about China, Cybersecurity and cyberdefense -- 8.2.1. The annual reports of the US Defense Department -- 8.2.2. Speeches of the Secretaries of Defense -- 8.2.3. Prospective analyses conducted by the National Intelligence Council -- 8.3. Conclusion -- General Conclusion -- List of Authors -- Index.