China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital DomainChina's emergence as a great power in the twenty first century is strongly enabled by cyberspace. Leveraged information technology integrates Chinese firms into the global economy, modernizes infrastructure, and increases internet penetration which helps boost export led growth. China's pursuit of informatization reconstructs industrial sectors and solidifies the transformation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army into a formidable regional power.