East Turkistan Independence Movement (ETIM) Goes for Insurgent Gold at Olympics: A Study of China's Information Warfare

Abstract

GOING FOR GOLD -- A PLAUSIBLE SCENARIO: A few days have passed since the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics was executed without incident. There is a noticeable feeling of relief from top officials, as terrorism concerns have mostly subsided. The spotlight of the world is on China and it is high-lighting all that seems good and decent about the new modern and open China. Reporters, fat on free accommodations and giddy from grandiose treatment, write complimentary stories about how economic prosperity is reducing historical religious, regional and ethnic grievances. Then three simultaneous car bombs are detonated at different check-points on the perimeter of Beijing....

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494911

Entities

People

  • Ian M. Duke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of State
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Insurgency
  • Local Governments
  • Military Intelligence
  • National Governments
  • Propaganda
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Educational Psychology
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.