China to launch hack-proof quantum communication network in 2016

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China to launch hack-proof quantum communication network in 2016

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 04 November, 2014, 4:51am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 04 November, 2014, 8:39am
Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com

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China will complete and put into service the world's longest quantum communication network stretching 2,000km from Beijing to Shanghai by 2016, say scientists leading the project.

China will complete and put into service the world's longest quantum communication network stretching 2,000km from Beijing to Shanghai by 2016, say scientists leading the project.

The quantum network is considered "unhackable" and will provide the most secure encryption technology to users.

By 2030, the Chinese network would be extended worldwide, Xinhua reported.

China is the first major power to come up with a detailed schedule to put the technology into extensive, large-scale use. The South China Morning Post earlier reported that Beijing would launch the world's first quantum communication satellite in 2016.

Xinhua said the network would be used by the central government, military and critical business institutions like banks.

The ambitious targets were revealed by Professor Pan Jianwei, a quantum physicist with the University of Science and Technology of China and a lead scientist of the national quantum communication project, during an international conference on quantum communication in Hebei yesterday, Xinhua reported.

"China's quantum information science and technology is developing very fast and China leads in some areas in this field," he was quoted as saying. "Any city in China, as long they want to, can start to build the quantum communication network now."

Chen Yuxiang , USTC quantum physicist and chief engineer for the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai link, said the key infrastructure would be completed between the end of the year and next summer.

Then the link would be built and activated, with the inclusion of existing quantum networks in other cities such as Hefei and Jinan .

Edward Snowden's revelations last year that the US was targeting "network backbones", through which huge amounts of data are transmitted, convinced Chinese leaders that developing the next generation of internet infrastructure was a priority.

A quantum communication network is, in theory, unbreakable. Any attempt to intercept the encryption key would alter the physical status of the quantum data, or qubits, and trigger an alert to the communicators.

Though the technology was proposed by IBM scientists as early as the 1980s, quantum communication has been limited to short distances due to the technological difficulty in maintaining the qubit's fragile quantum state, such as spin, over a long distance.

China was in a race with other countries to develop the technology and, thanks to generous funding, scientists achieved numerous significant breakthroughs in recent years. Pan's team conducted the world's first experiment on quantum key distribution from a satellite last year.

Governments in Europe, Japan and Canada are about to launch their own quantum communication satellite projects and a private company in the US has been seeking funding from the federal government with a proposal for a 10,000km network linking major cities.

The Beijing-Shanghai project was launched last year. Though the government has not revealed its budget, mainland scientists told state media that the construction cost would be 100 million yuan (HK$126 million) for every 10,000 users.

[American Patriot]

hack proof quantum network.

Umm...

Bullshit....

[Avvakum]

hack proof quantum network.

Umm...

Bullshit....

Maybe just long enough 'hack-proof' to help accomplish some other goals the Chicoms may have.

[American Patriot]

Well, I'm calling BS on it because the Chinese are NOT advanced any further in quantum physics than the US and French scientists are.

We're NOT on the road to building a hack-proof network unless it is one simple communication system between two devices.

Anyone can make a tin-can telephone, or a simple unhackable fiber-optic network that is stand alone.

The systems I run are "unhackable". No one can break into them. Period.

Except ME. And I'm a trusted agent. lol

Point being is unless the system is a stand alone system and no one can physically access it in the first place you're NOT going to get something completely unhackable.

Even encryption, no matter how advance can and will eventually be broken. Sorry.

it's just NOT possible to completely hack-proof things.

[American Patriot]

Here, this goes along with this Chinese nonsense.

THIS is where they are. There is NO WAY in hell the Chinese are ahead of this curve.

A Nonlinear Interaction Has Been Created Between Two Photons by Scientists

By Deborah Paulson



Opportunities in the field of information processing have been opened by quantum science, which exploit the basic characteristics of quantum mechanics. There are two necessary ingredients for Quantum Information Processing (QIP):
basic quantum logic gates and quantum information communication by remote access. Photons are ideally suited to carry information, due to their lengthy coherence times and the advances made in optical communications.


The information encoded in a single photon is essential for quantum cryptography, quantum sensing and the involvement of a quantum network’s distant nodes. A great problem for the logic gates of quantum photons is that they do not ordinarily interact with each other. QIP scientists have searched at length for logic gates, using single photons, which will interact within nonlinear media.



The University of Geneva’s Thiago Guerreiro and his colleagues from Stanford University in California, have, for the first time, observed a nonlinear interaction between pairs of photons of telecommunication wavelength. Although the process is not very efficient for any practical use, it may be a stepping stone towards future QIP processes.


Researchers have been studying the frequency conversions of quantum signals since the 1990’s using certain parametric processes in nonlinear matter. However, these frequency conversions require a quantum signal to interact with a strong field to overwhelm the fragile nonlinearity. Spontaneous conversion of one photon into two photons of lower energy within a solid state structure was demonstrated in a recent experiment. Inversely, two photons merging into a high energy photon has not been thus far observed.


These interactions between pairs of quantum mechanical entities are notably interesting because they can provide the physical demonstration of processes on the workings of photon logic gates which could be the building blocks for complete optical QIP operations performed at room temperature, and for measurements at a quantum level.

[vector7]

Wonder if this is part of their strategy to close all back doors through OS's...

China will upgrade a “significant” number of PCs to Linux by 2020

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by Paul Hill - Oct 30, 2014

China have announced a new time frame in which they will move to a new operating system. It will consist of 15% of government computers being switched to Linux per year. The report by Ni Guangnan outlining the transition won government approval and by 2020 the Chinese Government’s transition to Linux should be complete.

Earlier this year the Chinese Government decided that they would ban the use of Windows 8 and upwards on Government computers due to security concerns about the operating system, it was assumed that China would seek to move to a Linux distribution for government computers, this has been confirmed and they plan to make the complete switch by 2020.

An alternative OS has not yet been finalised although it is likely to be a home-grown Linux distribution a likely choice might be Ubuntu Kylin as the government in China have been promoting the distribution for those looking to move away from XP.

The timetable to replace the Microsoft product also extends to servers, chips and software. The China Banking Regulatory Commission has already informed banks to swap to domestic operating systems too.

Microsoft is not in a good position in China, they are currently being investigated for monopolistic behaviour similar to what happened in Europe which led to the browser ballot box being distributed in the OS a few years ago.



China Plans to Replace All Windows Machines with Linux Rigs by 2020

Posted 10/31/2014 at 7:43am | by Paul Lilly




It's a "de-Windowsifying movement"

Most of the mainstream angst directed towards Windows 8 and 8.1 in the U.S. has to do with the Modern UI and little things like the lack of a Start menu. But while hopes are high that Windows 10 will be the OS everyone wanted Windows 8 to be, China's concerns run much deeper than the UI. As such, China reportedly plans to undergo a "de-Windowsifying" process in which its systems will be move to a state-endorsed version of Linux by 2020.

"We call this a de-Windowsifying movement," Computer Science Professor Ni Guangnan of the Chinese Academy of Engineering told Ecns.cn.

The 75-year-old professor went on to discuss his plans to bring together China's homegrown OS developers in an alliance to replace Windows within the next few years.

"Now is the most vulnerable time for Microsoft in China, and the best time for homegrown software companies to beat it," Ni added.

So far the effort has the support of 15 OS developers. None of them can take on Windows by going at it alone, but China's hope is that by pooling their talent and resources, they can rid the country's reliance on Microsoft's OS. It's also worth noting that China recently banned the use of Windows 8 on all government PCs due to spying concerns.

"At the end of the day, I expect the 15 operating systems to merge into one or two operating systems, while the rest of the developers can shift into providing other relevant services," Ni said.

China made operating system to be available in October: Goodbye Windows, Android, and iOS

By Vamien McKalin, Tech Times | August 27, 4:51 AM

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The Chinese government is adamant in its plan to replace American made operating system as the most used in the country. The homemade OS will be available in October.

China is making moves to replace Windows, Android, and iOS as the most used operating system in the country. From what we've come to understand, China plans to release this operating system by October, and no doubt Google, Apple, and Microsoft will all feel threatened by this.

China began taking a whole new approach to computer technology related projects in the country due to cyber security threats from the United States. Things took a massive turn after whistleblower, Edward Snowden, dropped the bomb about the NSA's practices at home and abroad.

We've seen the Chinese government taking aims at the likes of Microsoft, Apple, and several other companies in recent times. We have no doubt that as the years pass by, the Net will be widened as the country seeks to have more power over what citizens use.

According to a report from the Xinhua news agency, the desktop version will hit store shelves in October.

Furthermore, the country expects the software to become the number one used desktop operating system in a year or two, which means it is possible Microsoft could be in some serious trouble during that time.

In addition, China is planning to launch a smartphone version of the operating system to compete with Android and iOS. This operating system is expected to unseat the top dogs within three or five years, so unless Google and Apple have certain plans in place, both companies stand to lose a lot, Apple more so than Google.

"China has more than a dozen mobile OS developers with no independent intellectual property rightsbecause their research is based on Android," says Ni Guangnan of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

"Our key to success lies in an environment that can help us compete with Google, Apple and Microsoft," Ni went on to add.

Ni claims that the end of Windows XP and the government ban on Windows 8, have managed to open the doors for Chinese operating system developers to flex their muscle.

Things could get even more interesting, should the Chinese choose to compete with Microsoft, Google, and Apple on a global scale. The mobile operating system would be the likely one to be more competitive while the desktop version would face serious competition from Windows and OS X.

Can this China made operating system succeed?



We believe it will have success in China though we're not completely certain how it would fare if released worldwide.

Right now, the most popular smartphones in China are made by Chinese companies, and no doubt the government will force these companies to ditch Android and work with the homegrown software.

On the desktop scene, China might have no choice but to release the operating system for free, because who buys software in China these days?

A huge change of the guard appears to be happening in the technology universe, as the Chinese are rising up to compete with US based technology.

Windows Is Now Completely Banned In China



By 2020, China aims to remove Windows OS completely and the country will have its own 'more' secure operating system by that time.

Saturday, November 01, 2014:

There will be no Windows operating system in China from now onwards as a complete wipe-out is in the pipeline very soon. It's obviously not going to happen overnight but over next few years Windows operating system will become non-existent in Chinese computers.



SoftPedia report claims that China has announced a complete ban on Windows OS as Microsoft is accused of spying on China government and businesses. Microsoft Windows OS is going to be replaced by Linux all across China. By 2020, China aims to remove Windows OS completely and the country will have their own more secure operating system by that time. Well, this ban has not been imposed only on the software section but in the hardware section too. Alternative solutions are sought to replace all servers and chips, based on Windows.

The country has declared Windows 8 as a spyware tool. All Chinese government computers are set to be replaced by NeoKylin, which is quite a good OS to be installed on Dell computers which are manufactured for the Chinese market. Windows computers in China are to be replaced at a rate of 15 per cent per year and the process is set to be completed in five years.

[American Patriot]

Linux hahaha.

There you go.

[Ryan Ruck]

China To Launch World's First Quantum Communication Satellite, Will Change Face Of Cryptography

May 31, 2016

China will launch its first experimental quantum communication satellite in July this year, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The launch will reportedly be the first quantum communication via a satellite on our planet.

An exceedingly high level of security is associated with quantum communications as it can neither be replicated nor separated. In addition, quantum mechanics is a complex process that renders it impossible to reverse engineer the quantum key, which has been created through quantum entanglement. Therefore, information transmitted over such a type of communication cannot be cracked, intercepted or wiretapped.

The quantum satellite took a span of five years to be developed and manufactured by China. The satellite will be taken to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in June. The CAS project includes the launch of the quantum satellite and the construction of four ground based stations to facilitate communication. Apart from this, a space quantum teleportation experiment station is also part of the plan according to a report. Once the satellite has been launched, it will be able initiate quantum optical links with two ground bases, located thousands of kilometers away from each other, simultaneously.

Incidentally, China is the first nation to put forward a comprehensive plan and timeline on the operation and application of quantum technology, after the field of quantum physics saw breakthrough developments in the past five years. China's recent project can make the country a leader in quantum communications globally.

The launch of a quantum communications also has major implications for the field of cryptography as per a report. Communications security is a major concern today, in the wake of global electronic surveillance and cyber attacks, and nations worldwide are looking for ways to protect their communication systems. The launch of a quantum satellite by China may show the path to a fool proof communications system that cannot be cracked, by transforming messages into quantum.

[American Patriot]

While this sounds cool in reality, this stuff is still science fictiony. I know they can entangle photos and make one do something the other is doing. However, I don't think anyone, and absolutely NOT the Chinese has advanced far enough to create encryption devices using quantum mechanics.

I will believe it when I see it. But I do NOT believe that will happen this year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography

This link is Wikipedia. It's pretty accurate from what I know of the subject (which, granted is limited to my own studies on my own time). However, I don't see this being a viable method of data encryption on a large scale for another decade if not two. Given that I have been "out of pocket" for over a year though, there's a possibility someone has made more advances than I an aware.

I have had an interest in this subject since I was pretty young, and have followed the science behind cryptology as a hobby (not a job) and I simply don't believe the Chinese are ready for a "satellite" system capable of doing such encryption. The Chinese can barely keep their ships floating, their electronics going and what they DO have they've stolen from the US, Russia and other Western Countries.

MAYBE, they have put enough together out of stolen technology and stolen secrets to compile everything the Russians and Americans haven't told one another, giving them a distinct advantage in middle man targeting....

[Ryan Ruck]

China Launches First-Ever Quantum Communication Satellite

August 16, 2016

China launched the world's first quantum-enabled satellite in the early morning hours of Tuesday, marking the first step in building a space-based quantum communications network that is virtually un-crackable.

The 631-kg satellite, which is named after the ancient Chinese philosopher and scientist Micius, lifted off at 1:40 am atop a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. It will operate 500 km above the Earth's surface for at least two years.

It is the third in a row of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' space science satellite firsts, following the Dark Matter Particle Explorer satellite that will help scientists deepen their understanding of the past and future of galaxies and the universe and Shijian 10, which carried out a series of experiments in microgravity in space for physical and life sciences, according to the academy.

Research has shown that it is practically impossible to crack, intercept or wiretap quantum communications because its physical traits mean it cannot be replicated, separated nor reverse engineered. Any attempt to interfere with its transmissions will leave a mark, disrupt the communication and result in parties involved being warned.

In addition to China, researchers in Austria, Germany, Singapore, Britain, Canada and Italy are also developing quantum-enabled communications technologies, they said.

Expected to change human communication

The satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), will circle the Earth once every 90 minutes after it enters a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers.

It is nicknamed "Micius," after a fifth century BC Chinese philosopher and scientist who has been credited as the first one in human history conducting optical experiments.

In its two-year mission, QUESS is designed to establish "hack-proof" quantum communications by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to the ground, and provide insights into the strangest phenomenon in quantum physics -- quantum entanglement.

Quantum communication boasts ultra-high security as a quantum photon can neither be separated nor duplicated. It is hence impossible to wiretap, intercept or crack the information transmitted through it.

With the help of the new satellite, scientists will be able to test quantum key distribution between the satellite and ground stations, and conduct secure quantum communications between Beijing and Xinjiang's Urumqi.

QUESS, as planned, will also beam entangled photons to two earth stations, 1,200 kilometers apart, in a move to test quantum entanglement over a greater distance, as well as test quantum teleportation between a ground station in Ali, Tibet, and itself.

"The newly-launched satellite marks a transition in China's role -- from a follower in classic information technology (IT) development to one of the leaders guiding future IT achievements," said Pan Jianwei, chief scientist of QUESS project with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The scientists now are expecting quantum communications to fundamentally change human development in the next two or three decades, as there are enormous prospects for applying the new generation of communication in fields like defense, military and finance.

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China's 1st Hack-Proof Quantum Satellite: "Now Operational" --Launches a New World

January 21, 2017

The world’s first quantum communication satellite, callled Mozi, the 600+kg Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), nicknamed Micius after the ancient Chinese philosopher and scientist, is now officially operational following months of in-orbit testing, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced, saying that performance of the device is “much better” than was initially expected. The state-of-the art satellite was launched into orbit by in August, to provide “hack-proof” communications in an age of ever-increasing cyber espionage and potential space-based warfare.

Quantum communication will enable China to provide high-level communication security support to areas like islands in the South China Sea, Chinese embassies and consulates in foreign countries, and naval vessels. Mozi has been selected as one of the ten innovative technologies that changed the world in 2016 by Scientific American, and is the only tech on the list that was developed outside of the United States.

QUESS satellite is the “first-ever space-ground test platform for quantum communication”, said Wang Jianyu, executive deputy chief engineer of the project, Xinhua quoted.

Pan Jian-wei, Chinese quantum physicist pioneer and the chief-engineer, announced that preliminary data has been obtained from the satellite and that the research team has begun to carry out experiments of transmitting uncrackable communications messages to two ground stations separated by about 1,200km (746 miles). "The overall performance has been much better than we expected, which will allow us to conduct all our planned experiments using the satellite ahead of schedule and even add some extra ones," Jian-wei said, as cited by the China Daily.

The satellite contains a quantum key communicator, a processing unit, a laser communicator, quantum entanglement emitter, and entanglement source to transmit quantum keys to Earth. QUESS uses a principle of 'quantum entanglement', an act of fusing two or more particles into complementary 'quantum states'. Quantum communication is designed to be hack-proof as a quantum photon used in the process can neither be separated nor duplicated without detection.



In an interview with nature.com Pan Jian-wei said "our first mission is to see if we can establish quantum key distribution [the encoding and sharing of a secret cryptographic key using the quantum properties of photons] between a ground station in Beijing and the satellite, and between the satellite and Vienna.

Then we can see whether it is possible to establish a quantum key between Beijing and Vienna, using the satellite as a relay.



"The second step will be to perform long-distance entanglement distribution, over about 1,000 kilometres. We have technology on the satellite that can produce pairs of entangled photons. We beam one photon of an entangled pair to a station in Delingha, Tibet, and the other to a station in Lijiang or Nanshan. The distance between the two ground stations is about 1,200 kilometres. Previous tests were done on the order of 100 kilometres.

"If you want to explore new physics," Pan Jian-Wei added, "you must push the limit. Sure, in principle, quantum entanglement can exist for any distance. But we want to see if there is some physical limit. People ask whether there is some sort of boundary between the classical world and the quantum world: we hope to build some sort of macroscopic system in which we can show that the quantum phenomena can still exist."

The Daily Galaxy via xinhuanet.com

[Malsua]

No way. They do not have a quantum entanglement sat. They are lying.