In the digital age, competition and games in cyberspace have become the focus of attention of all countries, and the international order in cyberspace is in the process of forming. At the same time, some Western countries led by the United States have transformed their advantages in network technology into the power of global governance in cyberspace, engaged in cyber bullying, strengthened cyber deterrence, trampled on international rules, severely damaged the ecological environment of cyberspace, and endangered the Internet Industrial supply chain security. Opposing cyber hegemony and building a community with a shared future in cyberspace is the only way to promote the building of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation.
The United States has consistently enforced rules of network access and exclusivity dominated by American standards. This behavior, which has nothing to do with international justice and global democracy, is an extension of hegemonism in cyberspace that centers on maximizing U.S. interests. In fact, it is not new for the United States to promote hegemony in cyberspace through alliances. The United States and several countries issued the "Joint Statement on Promoting Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace" against China and Russia. “De-Sinicization” and other measures show that the United States has been implementing cyber hegemony. The essence of cyber hegemonism is digital colonialism, and the goal is to maximize the interests of hegemonic countries and alliances. Cyber hegemonists advocate a "free and open" cyberspace to facilitate their global acquisition of wealth, export of ideology and cyberattacks.
The usual tactic of cyber hegemony is to make out of nothing and make accusations without grounds, in the form of targeted blockade and sanctions. Cyber hegemonists often take countermeasures or sanctions on the grounds that other countries’ technological innovations are promoting “digital authoritarianism.” However, the fundamental reason for its action is the fear of the changes brought about by emerging technologies and business models, the fear that it may lose its monopoly position. Network hegemonism In order to maintain the existing network dominance or monopoly position, the phenomenon of targeted blockade and sanctions on emerging technology countries is extremely common. The US pushes the "Future Internet Alliance" to create conditions for blocking and sanctioning countries with different ideologies in a closed "small circle". In order to implement the protectionist strategy of cyber hegemony, the United States has repeatedly boycotted or suppressed Chinese cyber companies, such as ZTE, Huawei, Tencent, and ByteDance, on the grounds of alleged national security.
In today's era, the collision between advanced and backward, civilization and barbarism, truth and lies in cyberspace is more direct and intense. Facts have proved that only by being vigilant against cyber hegemony, adhering to the concept of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, and forming a development concept and Internet governance rule system from the perspective of the whole of mankind, can mankind have a bright future.