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Title:	The People`s Republic of China`s Cyber Coercion: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea
Authors:	MANANTAN, MARK BRYAN
Contributors:	Issues & Studies
Keywords:	PRC ; cyber coercion ; cybersecurity ; Taiwan ; Hong Kong ; South China Sea
Date:	2020-09
Issue Date:	2020-11-16 14:40:58 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This paper investigates the increasing use of cyber coercion by the People`s Republic of China (PRC) among its core interests: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea. It argues that the PRC`s deployment of sophisticated attacks in the form of cyber coercion continues to be part of its geostrategic playbook to exert its influence and prosecute its wider interests as a rising power in the Indo-Pacific region. However, it observes that cyber coercion will be employed by the PRC in concert with all the other tools - diplomatic, economic, and the political - across the spectrum. The paper has two broad goals: first to unpack the trends or patterns in the PRC-sponsored cyber coercion by accentuating contextual and operational dimensions using Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea as analytical case studies; second, to highlight the opportunities and limitations of using cyber coercion as an asymmetrical capability in the changing threat landscape. The paper concludes that the PRC`s cyber coercion is characterized by blurring the distinction on what constitutes compellence and deterrence. The boundaries are not clear cut, and to a certain degree both are even mutually reinforcing. The in-depth analysis of the case studies reveals the growing prominence of disinformation campaigns in close coordination with cyber operations (malware, phishing, and DDoS attack). This emboldens the PRC with a myriad of coercive strategies in shaping its external environment and realizing its ambition of national rejuvenation across Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea.
Relation:	Issues & Studies, 56-3, p1-29
Data Type:	article
DOI link:	https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251120400135
DOI:	10.1142/S1013251120400135
Appears in Collections:	[Issues & Studies: A Social Science Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs] Issues & Studies

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