# Qiangwang
**Domain:** Cybersecurity competition / China
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
**Qiangwang** is a Chinese elite cyber competition associated with mimic-defense research and links to military and laboratory ecosystems.
## Significance
It is evidence of competitive tasking used to exercise and identify technical capability, not proof that every competitor enters military service.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/capture-the-flag-the-cybersecurity-challenge-to-china/)
## Routes
[[wiki/Chinese CTF Ecosystem|Chinese CTF Ecosystem]] · [[wiki/Purple Mountain Laboratory|Purple Mountain Laboratory]] · [[wiki/Peoples Liberation Army|Peoples Liberation Army]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]