Chinese Next-Generation Psychological Warfare: The Military Applications of Emerging Technologies and Implications for the United States
Abstract
This report explores Chinese military thinking about next-generation psychological warfare, with a special focus on the applications of emerging technologies. It provides an overview of Chinese military thinking on psychological warfare, examines key capabilities and related operational concepts the Chinese military is pursuing, and presents a hypothetical case study to illustrate how these new capabilities, if realized, may be applied to a future U.S.-China contingency. This report leverages a wide array of Chinese-language primary source materials ,including Chinese military books, academic research journal articles, media reporting, and patent filings. None of the sources utilized is singularly authoritative, but taken together they represent the broad contours of Chinese military thinking on these issues, including areas of internal consensus (e.g., psychological warfare objectives) and where there is a diversity of competing ideas (e.g., psychological warfare operational concepts).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 02, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1202596
Entities
People
- Nathan Beauchamp-mustafaga
Organizations
- RAND Corporation