Tai Ming Cheung Cited in Asia Times
Hi-tech heart of China's military
02/24/2012
Matthew Luce,
Asia Times
This year marks the 10th anniversary of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (zhongguo dianzi keji jituan gongsi) - known better by its acronym CETC - one of China's 10 official defense industry conglomerate-bureaucracies [1].
CETC's operations are central to China's push toward dual-use electronics and civil-military integration for information technology. CETC is an entirely state-owned, research and development behemoth with the professed goals of producing advanced electronics for China's military and leveraging civilian technology in order to do so [2].
The organization combines the advantages of state research funding and government favoritism with a market-oriented business model. Far from being a dinosaur in the modern electronics business, it has managed to grow and profit in diverse economic sectors and has forged partnerships with some of the biggest names in electronics.
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Tai Ming Cheung is an associate research scientist at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) located at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla. He directs the Minerva program on Chinese security and technology, a multi-year academic research and training project funded by the U.S. Defense Department to explore China’s technological potential.
