Interested in the latest information on China and US national security? Want to learn more about “Industry Standards, Political Norms, and China Issues”? What are the national security implications for the US? If China succeeds in controlling industrial standards, what will happen to other countries ruled by law?
These questions and more can be answered by our China experts Dean Chen to help you.as low fire® As our readers know, we are currently posting videos from recently completed works. 
29th Annual Conference on National Security Law Sponsored by Dukes CEnter Law, Ethics, and National Security (LENS) We are very excited to share with you the video of Dean's presentation. “Latest News on China: Law, Technology and More” Available now.
Dean, a perennial conference favorite, focused his remarks this year on: “How are the Chinese seeking to expand their sovereignty and influence over shared international space?” He said there are many ways China could try to achieve this, but the key is “The method is to establish international political norms and industry standards. ”
He then puts his concerns into context.
“The currency of power has changed. In the industrial age, it was things that mattered, how many merchant ships you produced in a year, how many I-beams you produced in a year, how many bauxites you produced in aluminum ingots in a year. In today's world, that was the industrial age. Even in today's world, the ability to generate electricity, build merchant ships, build ports, all of that is important.
But what really matters is the ability to generate information, send information, analyze information, and this is still a human function despite ChatGPT, to leverage information and put all of it to better use than others. can also be done quickly and accurately. I don't know if that means you're faster than them or if it's because you're throwing a spanner or monkey wrench into their information gathering and processing ability. ”
He then points out about the universe:
In the space context, we can see that China is gearing up for space exports. These countries are among the world's leading exporters of turnkey satellites. China builds satellites, launches satellites, designs satellites, trains ground personnel, constructs ground facilities, and conducts space launches. Oh, and by the way, they insure everything for one low price, which is typically lower than what Airbus, Boeing, United Launch Alliance, or even SpaceX can do.
Therefore, for many countries, especially less developed ones, China has been a great benefit in terms of enabling them to participate in the world's space capacity.aAs we watch China try to put its people, humans, on the moon, we see a new moon race emerging, but one of the interesting things to think about here is again about norms and standards. It is. Who creates the rules for international space traffic management?
What will happen to industry standards for critical technologies like microchips? Dean argues:
Currently, the US military is not the world's largest consumer of microchips. Apple, Microsoft, Google Android phones, Samsung, and Chinese manufacturers are by far the biggest consumers of chips. So the standards built into that Patriot, that Hellfire, that harpoon tip are often off-the-shelf products. And security standards and other things may be tested, especially when it comes to proprietary and sensitive stuff.
But the chips, a commodity that make up the bulk of the chips in any system, are subject to manufacturing and other tolerances that are likely the same as the chips that go into cars or mobile phones, including iPhones. . Therefore, from a national security perspective, if China succeeds in establishing a framework and context, it will have downstream effects. And the really scary thing to think about here is that it may not be very visible. What's the old joke that fish don't know they live in water?
How much does the Department of Defense, by the way, not only our country's Department of Defense, but also the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the German Ministry of Defense, and the Polish Ministry of Defense, understand about the water supply chains that exist? ”
During the Q&A, the dean also gave some very interesting thoughts on the impact of AI and how China will use it. obviously you'll want to listen all As Dean has to say, here's the link here.
Don't miss other podcasts from LENS' 29th Annual Conference:
my fChat with CIA General Counsel Kate Heinselman can be found here.
Presentation by Brigadier General Linel Letendre “Guardians of Norms and Conscience: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Frontiers of Generative AI.” found here.
Presentation by Colonel Dawn Zoldi (retired) “Domestic drones and national security” found here.
As more conference podcasts become available, they will be posted on: low fire® stay tuned!
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