Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School
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The Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School is a vocational school in the Tianqiao District of Jinan
, Shandong
, China
.
The school was founded in 1984 and is said to have been established with support from the People's Liberation Army
.The school admits about 20,000 students per year and offers courses in subjects like cooking, auto repair, and hairdressing, as well as computer skills (albeit possibly only basic ones).
The school has been suspected as a site from which cyber attacks were launched in 2009 (Operation Aurora
) and in 2011; school officials have denied that their school launched the attacks.
Jinan
Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...
, Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
The school was founded in 1984 and is said to have been established with support from the People's Liberation Army
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...
.The school admits about 20,000 students per year and offers courses in subjects like cooking, auto repair, and hairdressing, as well as computer skills (albeit possibly only basic ones).
The school has been suspected as a site from which cyber attacks were launched in 2009 (Operation Aurora
Operation Aurora
Operation Aurora was a cyber attack which began in mid-2009 and continued through December 2009. The attack was first publicly disclosed by Google on January 12, 2010, in a blog post. In the blog post, Google said the attack originated in China...
) and in 2011; school officials have denied that their school launched the attacks.