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Flying Shark” Gaining Altitude: How might new J-15 strike fighter improve Chin...
June 8th, 2011General Chen Bingde, Chief of Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), has just been quoted as confirming that a Chinese “aircraft carrier is under construction…
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The ‘Flying Shark’ Prepares to Roam the Seas: Strategic pros and cons of Chi...
May 19th, 2011China’s budding aircraft carrier program is provoking energetic debate among Chinese and foreign observers. The former Ukrainian carrier Varyag (called “Shi Lang” by some Chinese Internet…
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China Defense White Paper 2010: Better transparency, but what key developments w...
April 5th, 2011China’s National Defense in 2010 continues the tradition of offering additional bits of incremental information each year, but still refrains from delving into the concrete discussion…
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China Aims to More Than Triple Its Oil & Gas Production in the South China S...
April 3rd, 2011New deepwater oil & gas exploration and production will likely complicate the South China Sea maritime security environment. –China is aiming for oil & gas production…
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India Plays Catch-up with China: Asia’s titans boost 2011 defense budgets
March 15th, 2011Air and naval implications of India’s higher spending and evolving strategic priorities China announced on 5 March 2011 that it would boost defense spending by 12.7%…
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China’s Economic & Strategic Interests in CENTCOM’s Area of Responsibili...
March 9th, 2011China’s recent operation to evacuate its citizens in Libya saw PLA ships and aircraft pass through the U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR), suggesting…