"RAND National Defense Research Institute." Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-64).
Contents:
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- Sources and Methods -- Organization of This Report -- CHAPTER TWO: China Prioritizing Big Data Analytics -- Implementing the National Big Data Strategy -- Stakeholders in the National Big Data Strategy -- A True Whole-of-Government Approach -- CHAPTER THREE: Case Study I: Preventing Crime and Enhancing Domestic Control -- A Police Cloud with No Limits -- Focus on Ethnic Minorities -- National Social Credit System: Coming Soon -- COVID-19: Dress Rehearsal for Population Control? -- Omniscience with Chinese Characteristics -- CHAPTER FOUR: Case Study II: Enhancing People's Liberation Army Warfighting -- Capabilities -- Defining Big Data for the People's Liberation Army -- National Defense Big Data Is Key to Winning the Great Power Struggle -- Military Applications of Big Data -- Next Up: Transitioning from Informatization to Intelligentization -- CHAPTER FIVE: Concluding Thoughts and Future Research.
Summary:
China's leaders' quest to achieve an artificial intelligence (AI) capability to perform a variety of civilian and military functions starts with mastering big data analytics-the use of computers to make sense of large data sets. The research conducted by the authors of this report indicates that China is aggressively working toward becoming a global leader in big data analytics as part of its plan to achieve great power status; indeed, President Xi Jinping has articulated that China should become the global center for AI by 2030. Beijing's efforts are guided by a national big data strategy, an effort that encompasses economic, military, police, and intelligence functions. The authors find that Beijing is already using big data analytics to survey the country's domestic population and enhance its military capabilities. Improvements in big data analytics have supported Beijing's monitoring and control of its citizens-including ethnic minorities.
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