This honestly sounds like one of those “too good to be true” stories. I recall U.S. government servers having severe breaches, but usually as a result of oversight or mismanagement of cybersecurity practices. Would have expected a little more robust security for the CCP datacenters.
Why? Fear of death doesn’t make you a better cyber security expert. Maybe China has reached peak imagination already.
yes, but I was ignorant of 差不多 culture until long after I left. Plus I was more busy sightseeing.
More like “we’re doing these xyz things against our enemies, so it would be prudent to wargame and protect our own assets against the same.”
But, maybe that was expecting too much common sense from a government entity. 
One always thinks one is well protected until one discovers one is well, not.
True.
Japan’s rare two-pronged deployment near Taiwan during its first-ever participation in Philippine drills as an “operational combat unit” underscores a shift in first island chain posture and reflects Tokyo’s efforts to play a more central role in regional alliances, analysts said.
Japan’s unprecedented participation in the exercises, which starts tomorrow and would continue until May 8, would transform the bilateral war games into a multilateral event.
Citing the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the US Naval Institute said Tokyo is sending three warships, a C-130H transport aircraft, and US-2 amphibious search and rescue aircraft to the drills.
South China Morning Post reported that the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ participation in the exercises has been viewed by military analysts as a significant development.
The significance of the move lies in the linkage between the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, it quoted analysts as saying.
Sailing warships through the Taiwan Strait and taking part in high-intensity drills reflects Tokyo’s efforts to take on a more central role in regional alliances aimed at addressing potential threats, it said.
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Plenty of Taiwanese fishing boats chiming in.