Santa Clara University School of Law associate professor Anna Han was featured on an episode of Forum with Michael Krasny on KQED. She and other guests (Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” and Susan Shirk, chair of the 21st Century China Program in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego) discussed China-U.S. relations and how the visit could affect international policy and economics.
“I agree that on the major issues such a cyber security as well as as the South China Sea, we won’t reach any major milestones. But I do believe in continuing dialog and continued engagement,” said Han.
“For cyber security,” Han said, “I can see what I will call a perhaps a small step and an important step. There’s two types of cyber hacking going on. There’s the kind you do with commercial information where you take the intellectual property of a company. I’m not saying that’s a good thing; that’s a terrible thing for U.S. businesses. It puts us at a great disadvantage.”
“However, there’s another kind of cyber attack which is attacking basic infrastructure – electrical grids, flight controls – and that’s something I think the U.S. and China can agree on,” Han continued, “and that is to not engage in that type of cyber attack. Both countries would not benefit, and both countries need to back away from that, making a commitment to not do so.”
The entire episode is available at KQED.
