Chinese Espionage

Here is an interesting article about possible Chinese intelligence ops. I think foreign (e.g. Chinese) espionage poses the trickiest strategic threat to the US. Our strategic competitive advantage increasingly relies on our commercial (and defense) secrets. The international playing field is leveled when our advancements are known. We are historically bad at keeping secrets but global companies and information networks also make them more available. That's why I think counterespionage and counterintelligence--two traditionally lower priority missions--are going to be booming industries in both the public and private arenas.

"I don’t think American universities or think tanks take CICIR’s intelligence-collection or disinformation tasks seriously...”