Hi Lawrence,
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I love the "spoils of war to the victor" - but I sure hope that we don't fall victim to the same phenomenon in the attacks China continues to mount. It's interesting, I heard a talk at FOSE last week by John Lee of Lee Core Consulting - he had some interesting observations about how China and others find the US incredibly naive - it's a clear cultural difference.
As for strategies the government and large US companies are using against APTs, I sure hope they are using some very clever deflection techniques. I believe there are honeypot and other strategies in play that are, naturally, not shared. It was interesting that John Lee suggested a strategy to try to have the Chinese attack your competitors rather than your company - a story of "just running faster than the other guy, when a bear is chasing you - let the other guy get eaten."
It's worth checking out what the most recent Chinese communist five year plan is targeting - previous five year plans have successfully targeted heavy manufacturing, then light manufacturing.. Those they now dominate. Now they're targeting things like software and transportation. More than a little scary.