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China views psychological warfare, centered on the manipulation of information to influence adversary decisionmaking and behavior, as one of several key components of modern warfare. The U.S. military's increased focus on China and preparations for a potential U.S.-China conflict mean that it is important to understand how Chinese psychological warfare capabilities may evolve and what they would mean for Chinese strategic behavior in a crisis or conflict. The author explores Chinese military thinking about next-generation psychological warfare. China is interested in both advanced computing, such as big data, and brain science for their potential military applications to improve future psychological warfare capabilities. Leveraging a wide array of Chinese-language primary-source materials, the author provides an overview of Chinese thinking on psychological warfare, key capabilities, and related operational concepts that the Chinese military is pursuing and presents a hypothetical case study to illustrate how these capabilities, if realized, may be applied to a future U.S.-China contingency. One high-risk future scenario is if the Chinese military and broader leadership believes that these emerging technologies enable Beijing to predict or otherwise influence adversary decisionmaking. This could lead Beijing to have misplaced confidence in its ability to deter adversaries from fighting or coerce them to not fight at all

"Er is een langverwachte ontwikkeling gaande in de kunstwereld: vrouwelijke kunstenaars worden meer dan ooit gevierd met internationale tentoonstellingen, podcasts en kunstboeken. Het werd ook wel tijd, want veel te lang zijn ze over het hoofd gezien, buiten selecties gevallen of simpelweg in de vergetelheid geraakt. Inmiddels klinken namen als Tracey Emin, Frida Kahlo en Paula Modersohn-Becker gelukkig al niet meer zo onbekend. Maar heb je ook al eens gehoord van Elisabetta Sirani, Katsushika Oi, Lee Krasner of Carrie Mae Weems? In Meer dan muze praten De Kunstmeisjes je bij over de levens en het werk van tientallen vrouwen die de kunstwereld hebben opgeschud en verrijkt. Niet alleen de eigenzinnige makers, maar ook hun verrassende muzen én de opzienbarende manoeuvres die ze soms moesten uithalen om maatschappelijke barrières te omzeilen komen aan bod. Daarnaast komen er ook andere 'kunstmeisjes' voorbij: machtige mecenassen die op hun eigen manier het verschil hebben gemaakt."--flaptekst

The reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater; many of us rarely use cash these days. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is the work of powerful interests. And the great battle of our time is the battle for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives.In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott tells an urgent and revelatory story about how the fusion of big finance and tech requires 'cloudmoney'--digital money underpinned by the banking sector--to replace physical cash. He dives beneath the surface of the global financial system to uncover a long-established lobbying infrastructure: an alliance of partners waging a covert war on cash. He explains the technical, political and cultural differences between our different forms of money, and shows how the cash system has been under attack for decades, as banking and tech companies promote a cashless society under the banner of progress.Cloudmoney takes us to the frontlines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom. From marketing strategies against cash, to the weaponization of COVID-19 to push fintech platforms, and the rise of the cryptocurrency rebels and fringe groups pushing back. It asks the most pressing questions:Who benefits from a cashless society and who gets left behind? Is the end of cash the end of true privacy? And is our cloudmoney future closer than we think it is?

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"In the years since the publication of the first edition, China has undergone a period of rapid growth and transformation, both economically and politically. These changes have had a profound impact on the country's legal system, resulting in a host of new laws and regulations such as the Anti-Secession Law (2005), Labor Contract Law (2007), Enterprise Income Tax Law (2007), Foreign Investment Law (2019), Civil Code (2020), and Personal Information Protection Law (2021), as well as important revisions to existing ones. The Chinese government organizations, departments, and institutions also went through three restructures and adjustment respectfully in 2008, 2013, and 2018. In this edition, readers are provided with an up-to-date overview of the Chinese constitution, legal philosophies, ideologies, government structures, legal institutions, legislative process, judicial system, government information dissemination, legal publishing industry, and legal research"--Publisher's description