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China SignPost™ aims to provide high-quality China analysis and policy recommendations in a concise, accessible form for people whose lives are being affected profoundly by China's political, economic, and security development. We believe that by presenting practical, apolitical China insights we can help citizens around the world form holistic views that are based on facts, rather than political rhetoric driven by vested interests. We aim to foster better understanding of key internal developments in China, its use of natural resources, its trade policies, and its military and security issues. China SignPost™ ???? founders Dr. Andrew Erickson and Mr. Gabe Collins have more than a decade of combined government, academic, and private sector experience in Mandarin Chinese language-based research and analysis of China. Dr. Erickson is an Associate Professor at the U.S. Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) and an Associate in Research at Harvard's John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Mr. Collins is a commodity and security specialist focused on China and Russia. The authors have published widely on maritime, energy, and security issues relevant to China. An archive of their work is available at www.chinasignpost.com. [1] For additional details, see "04 June 2011 - - Agence France Presse - US calls for talks on cyber threats," International Institute for Strategic Studies, http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/iiss-in-the-press/june-2011/us-calls-for-talks-on-cyber-threats/?locale=en. [2] For the original text of President Obama's address, see The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, "Remarks by the President on Securing Our Nation's Cyber Infrastructure," 29 May 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Securing-Our-Nations-Cyber-Infrastructure/.