By Scott Stewart, Stratfor: “The Chinese government has a sophisticated human intelligence program that is quite capable of recruiting company employees using cash, sex or other approaches. This capability is useful against not only government targets, but also commercial targets that have information or technology the Chinese government deems critical to the country's military and economic goals.”
A Contested Asia: What Comes After U.S. Strategic Predominance?
By Peter Varghese, The Strategist (ASPI): “The central role of the US is under pressure and we cannot assume that the patterns of the past in Asia will continue.