Allegations of U.S. Cyber Hegemony Complements China’s Influence Campaign to Weaken Global Confidence in the United States
By Emilio Iasiello
| December 19, 2024
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has engaged in an aggressive media campaign, using classified data leaks exposing controversial U.S. cyber activities to paint it as a cyber hegemon. This effort has dovetailed with other influence operations in an effort to frame the U.S. as an untrustworthy global partner motivated by its own self-interests ahead of the global community. The U.S. Department of State released a recent report on these activities, correctly concluding that they have had questionable successes. However, the PRC is using these campaigns not so much as to supplant the U.S. as a global leader, but rather to keep it in check by raising questions in the minds of those nations not already bound to the U.S. to not blindly follow Washington’s lead. The PRC seeks to capitalize on this to press forward on core political and economic issues, which if achieved, could put the PRC closer to its goals as an influencing global leader.
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