China investing heavily in cyberwarfare programs to compete with US

US intelligence officials have said that China's sharp increase in its investment in cyberwarfare programs is a major attempt to compete with superior US military cyber capabilities.

According to Washington Times, US officials described the new spending priority as a large-scale reallocation of resources by the Chinese which considered among the most capable cyberwarfare nations. A US official familiar with details of the Chinese effort said that the country has spent 20 to 30% more funding to cyberwarfare than they have earlier.

The official said that China has "made a long-term strategic commitment" to boost cyberwarfare efforts.

The major increase in Chinese efforts came after it was concluded by Beijing that their military programs lagged behind US' strategic cyberwarfare efforts in significant ways.