摘要
Cybersecurity emerged as a popular issue during the 2016 presidential election of the United States with the successive email leak of the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.1 Donald Trump, then the presidential nominee of the Republican Party, vowed to make cybersecurity an “immediate and top priority for my administration” if elected.2 Since taking office, Trump has made some adjustments to the existing US cybersecurity policy under domestic pressures from various sides. The characteristics of these policy changes and the underlying dynamics are worth our observation and analysis.
While Trump’s cybersecurity policy adjustment experienced a dynamic process,the concept of"America First"and a significant tendency to contract inward has been prominent.Under external threats and domestic pressures,cybersecurity would inevitably remain an important issue and its negative impacts on China-US relations would be continuously on the rise.
