China urged to forge ‘spear’ for cognitive warfare amid great power rivalry

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Chinese scholars are advocating for a stronger cognitive warfare strategy in light of the ongoing global rivalry among major powers. They emphasize the need for improved cognitive sovereignty and assertiveness in China's operations to bolster national security.

Beijing should adopt a more assertive approach to global cognitive warfare, Chinese scholars said, calling for more action amid a great power rivalry. The appeal was made by Wang Wen, dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, and Ding Zhuang, an associate research fellow at the institute, who said in a paper last week that China should improve its cognitive warfare system with strengthened “cognitive sovereignty”. “It is necessary to move beyond the traditional,...