Crippling Cyberattacks from China?

Researchers trace data theft to intruders in China.

Woah. Apparently these guys stole some highly classified Indian security documents, among other things. And it was accomplished by some random criminal gang in Chengdu? Ha, amazing... even if that were true, its a testament to the basic hacking skill of criminals in China. But still - this yet another high profile hacking incident originating from within China, and yet again its associated with a prestigious Chinese military or cyberwarfare school.

Now honestly, I don't suspect foul play. I imagine that if the Chinese government were hacking into India, it would be too good to be caught. And honestly, cyberwarfare is precisely what a country like China needs to rapidly become good at if its going to maintain military parity with the rest of the world.

Speaking of which, did you all notice the language in Obama's new nuclear weapons usage policy (from the article, emphasis mine):

"For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons or launched a crippling cyberattack."

Woah... my gut tells me, China is beefing up its "crippling cyberattack" division, and by the looks of it they're out cutting their teeth in the real world. My main question is - what's the United States doing to maintain cyber-military parity? Why don't we ever hear about cyber attacks originating from within the US anymore? I'm actually a bit worried about this - what if China is developing a breed of super hacker? Could the United States stop them?

Final note: I have nothing but the utmost respect for China's hacking skills, especially those of its elite crippling cyberattack division. This post is meant to encourage Americans to take a lesson from y'all, not an attempt to incite you into stealing my identity and Gmail account...