Shacheng Wang

AP Photo

August 10, 2008

"Rare Opportunity to Know China"

Op-Ed, The Korea Times

By Shacheng Wang, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2007-2008

"...'the habit of secrecy' has been one of the central elements of Chinese political activities in the past. But now, China is trying to offer the world a crystal-clear picture of itself, a phenomenon clearly proven by its rigorous and open coverage of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. China's improvements regarding information disclosure should be viewed in light of its 30-year reform and opening-up program, which began in 1978...."

AP Photo

July 20, 2008

"China, Japan Beating Swords Into Plowshares"

Op-Ed, The Korea Times

By Shacheng Wang, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2007-2008

"...China and Japan will start a new page of cooperation and will promote a strategic, mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests in the 21st Century.

As both countries work toward world peace, progress, and international cooperation, they should resolve to achieve the noble objectives of peaceful coexistence, friendship for generations, mutually beneficial cooperation, and common development for their two nations.

China and Japan now have more in common. Energy security, environmental protection, poverty, contagious diseases, and other global issues are common challenges that the two countries face."

AP Photo

July 14, 2008

"Beijing Says No to Terrorism at Olympics"

Op-Ed, The Korea Times

By Shacheng Wang, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2007-2008

"Terrorism is the biggest threat to the games and is not new to the Olympics. Eleven Israelis, five guerrillas, and one police officer were killed at the 1972 games in Munich. Two people were killed when a bomb exploded in Centennial Park during the 1996 games in Atlanta....China's generally secretive police agencies have sought advice on Olympic security from the U.S., Korea, Interpol, Germany, Israel, Australia, France, the U.K., Japan, Greece, Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, and others."

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June 16, 2008

"Spirit of Chinese People"

Op-Ed, The Korea Times

By Shacheng Wang, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2007-2008

Shacheng Wang, a predoctoral fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, writes about the response of the Chinese people to the earthquakes that hit Sichuan Province in the spring of 2008. Faced with such a castastrophe, the Chinese people have united in assisting the victims and have shown their true spirit, Wang says.

People's Daily

April 2008

"Information Galaxy: Intelligence Study on Security and Defense—Case on Potential Terrorism at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games"

Conference Paper

By Shacheng Wang, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2007-2008 and Feng Cao

The summer 2008 Olympic Games will take place in Beijing, China on August 8–24. In general, the security situation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is quite stable, but still we need to face up to the threats from both traditional and non-traditional security areas such as terrorism, separatism and extremism. Terrorism is the biggest threat to the games. Effective security and defense strategies for the games require reliable intelligence.  Reliable intelligence, however, is notoriously difficult to obtain even though we are immersed in vast quantities of information. How can we identify and obtain the useful intelligence from the vast sea of other less useful information? After analyzing the potential terrorism attacks and terrorists in the games, the paper analyzes the potential means for counterterrorism at the games, and tries to set up an intelligence study system based on the IG (Information Galaxy), which includes five parts: Sun (S), Earth (E), Moon (M), ISE (Information Sharing Environment) and IG (Information Galaxy).