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China Says Mulling Offer from Seychelles to Act As Naval Resupply and
Recreation Base (AP, Dec. 13,
2011) An offer from the Seychelles to host visits by Chinese naval ships is
drawing heavy publicity in Beijing and highlighting the increasing reach of a
navy that recently launched its first aircraft carrier.
China’s First Aircraft
Carrier Starts Second Trial
(AFP, Nov. 29, 2011) China's first aircraft
carrier began its second sea trial on Tuesday after undergoing refurbishment
and testing, the government said, amid heightened regional tensions over
maritime territorial disputes.
US Shows Off Supercarrier to
Former Foe Vietnam After China’s Aircraft Carrier Takes Test Run (AP, Aug. 14, 2011) Less than a week after China launched its
first aircraft carrier, the U.S. showed off its own big-boy supercarrier to
former enemy Vietnam — one of several smaller Asian nations with jittery
nerves amid Beijing’s burgeoning maritime ambitions.
China to Start Landing
Drills on Aircraft Carrier
(AFP, Aug. 13, 2011) The Chinese military could
launch air exercises on the nation's first aircraft carrier which was
unveiled earlier this week, state media reported.
China Aircraft Carrier
Should Handle Disputes: Report
(AFP, Aug. 12, 2011) A news Web site run by the
Chinese Ministry of National Defense said that the nation’s aircraft carrier
should handle territorial disputes, despite government assurances the vessel
posed no threat to its neighbors.
China’s Aircraft Carrier
Plan Should Not Affect Regional Peace: US
(CNA, Aug. 12, 2011) China's aircraft carrier
ambitions should not threaten regional security and stability, the U.S.
Department of Defense said.
China Launches Sea Trials of
Its First Carrier
(AP, Aug. 10, 2011) China's first aircraft carrier
swept through fog-shrouded waters Wednesday to open sea trials that underline
the country's big naval ambitions and fuel concerns about its growing
military strength amid regional territorial disputes.
Chinese Navy Missiles
Present Biggest Threat: Perry
(Taipei
Times, Jul. 1, 2011) Former US secretary of defense William Perry cast doubt
on the proficiency and capability of a Chinese aircraft carrier program,
saying he was more concerned about the People’s Liberation Army’s anti-ship
missiles.
US: China’s 1st Aircraft
Carrier Watched by Region
(AP, Apr. 13, 2011) China's
first aircraft carrier could begin sea trials as early as this summer and its
deployment would significantly change the perception of the balance of power
in the region, the chief of U.S.
forces in the Pacific said.
China Carrier Could Threaten
Island: Ex-admiral
(CNA, Apr. 8, 2011) China's
first aircraft carrier could be assigned to its South China Sea fleet,
allowing it to move in areas surrounding southern and eastern Taiwan,
a scenario that would pose “a certain threat” to the country, a Navy veteran
said.
China’s First Aircraft
Carrier to Be Completed Soon: Report
(CNA, Apr. 7, 2011) China
is set to launch its first aircraft carrier on its maiden voyage soon,
according to Beijing
media reports.
PRC Set to Launch First
Aircraft Carrier Next Year: Source
(Reuters, Dec. 24, 2010) China may be ready to launch its first aircraft
carrier next year, Chinese military and political sources said, a year ahead
of US
military analysts’ expectations.
China for the First Time
Reveals Aircraft Carrier Plan
(The Hindu, Dec. 17, 2010) The Chinese government
has for the first time officially revealed that it has launched a program to
build an aircraft carrier, an already widely-known project that has recently
stirred debate over China’s
naval intentions and capabilities.
Chinese Warships Tour the
Mediterranean
(Defense
News, Aug. 9, 2010) The Chinese naval ensign, rarely seen far from Asian
waters, has been flying this month in a region of the world that has caught
few glimpses of the expanding People's Liberation Army Navy: the Mediterranean Sea.
Top US Officer Calls China
‘Aggressive’ in Yellow Sea
(VoA, Jul. 23, 2010) The top U.S. military officer says China is taking a "much more
aggressive approach" in its policy toward international waters near its
coastline.
Taiwan Expresses Concern
Over Chinese Naval Maneuvers
(DPA, Apr. 26, 2010) Taiwan Vice Defence Minister
Chao Shih-chang said that recent Chinese naval manoeuvres presented a
security threat to the island's east coast.
Japan: Protest Over Chinese
Helicopter
(Reuters, Apr. 21, 2010) Japanese officials
lodged a protest with Beijing over a Chinese
helicopter they say flew too close to a Japanese destroyer in the waters off Okinawa, the Foreign Ministry said.
10 Chinese Vessels Seen Near
Okinawa
(Yomiuri Shimbun, Apr. 14, 2010) A fleet of 10
Chinese vessels, including two submarines, sailed southward in international
waters between Okinawa Island and Miyakojima island on Saturday, Defense
Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said at a press conference.
Taiwan Shows Images of
Killer Carrier
(UPI, Apr. 13, 2010) Taiwan
has made public its first images of a state-of-the-art missile corvette
intended to match China's
design to acquire an aircraft carrier.
China’s Anti-Piracy Role off
Somalia Expands
(BBC, Jan. 29, 2010) China
has agreed to join an international naval operation to fight piracy off the
coast of Somalia.
China May Build Middle East
Naval Base
(Telegraph, Dec. 30, 2009) In a sign of the
growing confidence of the Chinese military, Admiral Yin Zhuo said that the
country may set up a base in the Gulf of Aden in order to support missions
against Somali pirates.
Taiwan Says China Starts
Building First Aircraft Carrier
(AFP, Nov. 4, 2009) Taiwan
said that its giant neighbour China
has started building its first aircraft carrier, a move analysts have said
could raise military tensions in the region.
End Military Surveillance
Missions, China Tells US
(AP, Aug. 27, 2009) China
demanded that the U.S.
military cease its surveillance missions off the Chinese coast, reviving a
dispute that continues to upset relations between the sides.
US Reaffirms Its Rights to
Operate in South China Sea
(VOA, Jul. 16, 2009) China's
claims over disputed territory in the South China Sea, and its increasing
military capabilities, have raised questions and concerns in Washington.
China Sub Collides with
Array Towed by U.S. Ship: Report
(Reuters, Jun. 12, 2009) A Chinese submarine
accidentally collided with an underwater sonar array being towed by a U.S.
military ship, CNN reported.
U.S. Says Chinese Fishing
Vessels Confront Navy Ship
(Reuters, May 5, 2009) Two Chinese fishing
vessels confronted a U.S. Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow
Sea, Pentagon officials said.
China Shows off Its
Expanding, Modernizing Navy
(Reuters, Apr. 23, 2009) China
celebrated its military confidence at sea, when anniversary celebrations for
the founding of its navy climaxed with a show of the warships and submarines
projecting its spreading power.
Naval Show to Feature
Submarines from China
(New York Times, Apr. 22, 2009) A senior Chinese naval officer said that China would unveil its
nuclear submarines to the public on Thursday as part of an international
review of the country’s naval fleet “aimed at promoting understanding about
China’s military development.”
U.S. Says Watching China’s
Naval Expansion Closely
(Reuters, Apr. 18, 2009) The United States would
like to have a better idea about the intentions behind China's naval
build-up, a senior U.S. navy officer said, but downplayed worries over
Chinese plans for an aircraft carrier.
China’s Navy to Build New
Ships, Planes
(AP, Apr. 16, 2009) China's navy will move faster
to build large combat warships, next-generation aircraft and sophisticated
torpedoes in a modernizing overhaul for fighting in an era of information
technology, its commander in chief said.
Taiwan Helpless to Aid Boat
Hijacked by Somali Pirates
(China Post, Apr. 8, 2009) Taiwan is asking for
American and British help to save the 30-man crew of its 700-ton tuna boat
hijacked by Somalia pirates.
Taiwan May Build Its Own
Submarines
(China Post, Apr. 7, 2009) President Ma Ying-jeou
is trying to resurrect Project Diving Dragon to create more job opportunities
in the shipbuilding industry.
Somali Pirates Hijack
British, Taiwan Vessels
(Reuters, Apr. 6, 2009) Pirates seized a
British-owned ship and a Taiwan-registered fishing boat after taking three
vessels last weekend, officials said.
2nd Batch of Warships Head
to Somali Seas
(China Daily, Apr. 3, 2009) Naval commanders
yesterday said the patrolling mission in Somali waters had entered a
"stage of orderly replacement and normalization" as they flagged
off the second batch of Chinese warships to rotate the current anti-piracy
fleet in the Gulf of Aden.
China Confirms It Will Build
Aircraft Carrier: State Press
(AFP, Mar. 24, 2009) China will develop an aircraft
carrier in line with its status as a major global power, state press reported
National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie as saying.
China Not Boosting South
China Sea Naval Presence
(AP, Mar. 20, 2009) China has no plans to beef up
its naval presence in the South China Sea following a confrontation earlier
this month between Chinese boats and a U.S. Navy ship, an official newspaper
reported.
US Admiral Condemns China’s
‘Aggressive’ Actions
(AP, Mar. 19, 2009) A top U.S. commander says
China's "aggressive and troublesome" run-in with an unarmed
American ship shows that Beijing is not yet ready to behave acceptably.
China to Send More Ships to
Assert S.China Sea Claim
(Reuters, Mar. 18, 2009) China may convert more navy ships into fishery
vessels to patrol the South China Sea, the China Daily reported, as Beijing seeks to extend
its reach over disputed islands that straddle key Asian shipping lanes.
Beijing Sends Patrol Ship to
South China Sea
(AFP, Mar. 15, 2009) China
has dispatched its most modern patrol ship to the South China Sea, state
press said, after an incident with a US
naval vessel and a fresh claim by the Philippines to the disputed
territory.
Japan Sends Navy to Join
Somalia Anti-Pirate Patrols
(Reuters, Mar. 13, 2009) Japan ordered two naval
vessels to join international patrols aimed at curbing pirate attacks off
Somalia, after months of deliberations on how to help protect cargo ships
without breaching its pacifist constitution.
Beijing Sends Patrol Ship to
South China Sea
(AFP, Mar. 15, 2009) China
has dispatched its most modern patrol ship to the South China Sea, state
press said, after an incident with a US
naval vessel and a fresh claim by the Philippines to the disputed
territory.
China’s Hu Urges Staunch
Defense
(Reuters, Mar. 13, 2009) Chinese President Hu
Jintao urged the military to “staunchly defend” national sovereignty in comments
published days after a brief confrontation with a U.S. Navy ship.
Obama Calls for Military
Dialogue with China
(New York Times, Mar. 12, 2009) President Obama told China’s foreign minister
that their two countries need to raise “the level and frequency” of military
dialogue “in order to avoid future incidents.”
China Derides Account by the
U.S. of Ship Dispute
(Washington Post, Mar. 11, 2009) China on Tuesday rejected accusations that it
harassed a U.S.
naval ship off one of its southern islands and said the vessel was conducting
illegal surveying activities.
China Draws U.S. Protest
Over Shadowing of Ships
(Washington Post, Mar. 10, 2009) The White House
protested yesterday what military officials called China's harassment and aggressive
shadowing of a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship in international waters.
China Must Build Aircraft
Carrier ‘Soon’ Military Says
(Telegraph, Mar. 6, 2009) China must build an aircraft
carrier "soon" if it wants to be taken seriously as a global
superpower, a Chinese military official has said.
China Increases Submarine
Patrols—Report
(AFP, Feb. 3, 2009) China nearly doubled the
number of patrols by its fleet of attack submarines last year, surpassing
Russia but still far behind the United States, the Federation of American
Scientists reported.
Chinese Naval Force Protects
Taiwanese Ship from Somalia Pirates (Bloomberg, Jan. 13, 2009) A Chinese naval task force began
escorting a Taiwanese merchant ship and three other vessels in the Gulf of
Aden in a mission to protect them from Somali pirates.
Chinese Naval Task Force to
Deploy to Gulf of Aden
(New York Times, Dec. 26, 2008) In China’s first modern
deployment of battle-ready warships beyond the Pacific, a naval task force
was set to leave Friday to begin escorts and patrols in the pirate-infested
Gulf of Aden, state media reported.
China Confirms Naval Role in
Gulf of Aden
(New York Times, Dec. 19, 2008) The
Chinese government confirmed that it would send naval ships to the Gulf of Aden to help in the fight against piracy there,
which would be the first modern deployment of Chinese warships outside the
Pacific.
China Set to Launch Naval
Mission in Gulf of Aden
(IHT, Dec. 17, 2008) In what would be the first
active deployment of its warships beyond the Pacific, China appears set to send naval vessels to
help in the fight against hijackers in the pirate-infested Gulf
of Aden.
China Has Aircraft Carrier
Hopes
(BBC, Nov. 17, 2008) A senior Chinese defense
official has told a British newspaper that any great power would want an
aircraft carrier.
China Begins Training First
Batch of Aircraft Carrier Fighter Pilots By Manu Pubby (Indian Express, Sep. 20, 2008) A small article in a recent issue
of the People’s Liberation Army Daily announced that the first batch of 50
pilots cadets have been inducted at the Dalian Naval Academy to undergo
training on ‘ship borne aircraft flight.’
Year of the Water Dragon: 12
Chinese Maritime Developments to Look for in 2012 By Andrew Erickson and Gabe
Collins (China Real Time Report, Jan. 23, 2012) Beginning with the major potential newsmakers, here
are 12 key maritime developments to watch for and what they mean.
China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval
Might By Julian E. Barnes, Nathan Hodge, and Jeremy Page (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 4, 2012) Without either nation saying
so, China
and the United States are quietly engaged in a
tit-for-tat military-technology race. At stake is the balance of power in a
corner of the seas that is growing rapidly in importance.
Chinese Military Considers
New Indian Ocean Presence By Jeremy Page and Tom Wright (Wall Street Journal,
Dec. 14, 2011) If China were to use the Seychelles simply as a port of call
it wouldn't necessarily concern the U.S. and its allies. Basing aircraft
there could be more controversial as that would appear to be the first
example of China
basing military assets overseas.
China Shifts Pacific Waters
with Its Aircraft Carrier Trials By Hugh White (The Age, Aug. 30, 2011) The uncomfortable fact is China's carrier
program only makes strategic sense if China expects and intends to be able to
dominate Asia within a few decades - which is how long it will take for its
carrier capability to mature anyway. And that is not a future that anyone
else in Asia would want.
China Begins to Build Its
Own Aircraft Carrier By
Bill Gertz
(Washington
Times, Aug. 1, 2011) China has
begun work on its first aircraft carrier and probably will develop two or
more, along with outfitting a former Russian carrier that is set to begin sea
trials soon, Pentagon officials.
Should We Be Afraid of
China’s New Aircraft Carrier? By Abraham M. Denmark,
Andrew S. Erickson and Gabriel Collins (Foreign Policy, Jun. 27, 2011)
Focusing on the military deficiencies of China's new aircraft carrier
completely misses the point of its development. Above all, Varyag is a symbol
of China's
rising power.
Blue Water Dreams By
James Holmes
(Foreign
Policy, Jun. 27, 2011) Thucydides proclaims that "three of the strongest
motives" animating states' actions are "fear, honor, and
interest." China's
aircraft-carrier ambitions can be seen in similar terms.
Near-Term Missions for
China’s Maiden Aircraft Carrier By Aaron Shraberg (China Brief 11(11), Jamestown
Foundation, Jun. 17, 2011) The real weight of the carrier program on the
balance of power in Asia is several years coming, at the earliest after the
carrier completes its initial sea trials and its airmen are trained.
China Navy Reaches Far,
Unsettling the Region By Edward Wong
(New York Times, Jun. 15, 2011) Neither Beijing
nor Hanoi has given any indication that they are willing to back off their
claim to complete sovereignty over the land features. That is the crux of the
issue.
Is China’s Carrier Aviation
Program Kicking into High Gear?
By Russell Hsiao (China
Brief 11(7), Jamestown
Foundation, Apr. 22, 2011) While much speculation has arisen about the
Varyag’s hardware and launch date, the sea trials of China’s first aircraft
carrier raise important questions about the extent of its pilot training
programs.
China’s Maritime Strategy Is
More Than Naval Strategy By James Holmes (China Brief
11(6), Jamestown Foundation, Apr. 8, 2011) Beijing’s mercurial
approach to strategy in nearby waters may be attributed in part to the fact
that it lacks a maritime strategy yoking various implements of national power
to national policy.
China Eyes Naval Track
Record By James R. Holmes
(The Diplomat, Mar. 28, 2011) The United States
and fellow seafaring states like Japan and South Korea must keep conducting
lawful operations in the near seas while voicing opposition to Chinese
policy. Otherwise they may appear to acquiesce in Chinese primacy in these
waters.
America’s Navy and the Rise
of China By George F. Will
(Washington
Post, Mar. 16, 2011) The scholars differ about the most fundamental question,
which is: Will China, for the next three to five decades, concentrate on
economic growth and be content to let America bear the burden of policing
this?
Military Delegates Call for
National Maritime Strategy to Protect Expanding Interests By
Russell Hsiao (China Brief 11(4), Mar. 10,
2011) Military delegates attending this year's meeting have called on China's
top policy planners to defend the country's territorial integrity and
expanding maritime interests by developing a national maritime strategy, and
possibly stationing troops or constructing military installations on disputed
islets.
Implications of China’s
Military Evacuation of Citizens from Libya By
Gabe Collins and Andrew S. Erickson
(China Brief 11(4), Mar.
10, 2011) The deployments signal that as the Chinese military becomes more
proficient in long-range operations, it will increasingly be able to scale-up
deployments if necessary.
China’s Naval Ambitions
(Editorial, New York Times, Jan. 2, 2010)
What should rightly concern American military planners is not so much
the missile but the new Chinese naval strategy behind it.
China Expands Naval Presence
Through Jeddah Port Call By Russell Hsiao (China Brief
10(25), Jamestown Foundation, Dec. 17, 2010) China’s naval
presence on the global stage is expanding. Foreign port visits by its naval
vessels to the Gulf region are emerging as an important element in Chinese
naval strategy.
PLA’s Growing Power
Projection Capabilities By Jeffrey Engstrom (China Brief 10(25), Jamestown Foundation, Dec. 17, 2010) A
narrow focus on Chinese activities along the periphery obscures a more
profound trend, whereby the People’s Liberation Army is modernizing in ways
that will allow it to project forces farther beyond its borders.
Assessing China’s Maritime
PLAN By James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara (Taipei Times, Dec. 14, 2010) Two narratives are making the
rounds among China--watchers
this year. One alleges that the buildup of high-end PLAN warships has slowed
or ended. The other claims that Chinese policy toward the South
China Sea remains innocuous despite saber-rattling over a “core
interest” there. We Dissent.
China Navy Focused on
Taiwan: Forum By William Lowther
(Taipei Times, Nov. 5, 2010) A symposium on the
South China Sea was told that Beijing’s naval
buildup over the last decade was focused “almost solely” on Taiwan.
China’s Irresistible Power
Surge By Rowan Callick
(Australian, Oct. 4, 2010) The danger is less one
of a large-scale military threat than of the gradual constriction of our
freedom to operate in the manner to which Anglo-American naval primacy has
long accustomed us.
While U.S. Is Distracted,
China Develops Sea Power By Robert D. Kaplan (Washington
Post, Sep. 26, 2010) The degree to which the United States can shift its
focus from the Middle East to East Asia will say much about our future
prospects as a great power.
Aging Tigers, Mighty
Dragons: China’s Bifurcated Surface Fleet By
Joseph Carrigan (China Brief 10(19),
Jamestown Foundation, Sep. 24, 2010) PLAN has
become a bifurcated force—a navy comprised of modern, highly capable ships
and submarines and older, decidedly less capable and seemingly less reliable
ones.
Sri Lankan Waters Run Deep
with China By Sudha Ramachandran
(Asia Times, Aug. 13, 2010) Economic and
strategic reasons are behind China's
interest in Sri Lanka.
The island provides it with a market for its goods. More important is the
strategic interest. It is located close to India's southern coast.
Concerned about China’s
Rise, Southeast Asian Nations Build Up Militaries By
John Pomfret (Washington Post, Aug. 9, 2010)
The nations of Southeast Asia are building up their militaries, buying
submarines and jet fighters at a record pace and edging closer strategically
to the United States as a hedge against China's rise and its claims to all of
the South China Sea.
The Chinese Navy’s Emerging
Support Network in the Indian Ocean By
Daniel Kostecka (China Brief 10(15),
Jamestown Foundation, Jul. 22, 2010) Regardless of whether or not the PLAN develops
its support network through a series of formal agreements that guarantee
access, or continues to supply its forces as it has been, that network is
developing and will in all likelihood continue to grow in the foreseeable
future.
Watch Out for China-US
Tension at Sea
(Editorial, Global Times, Jul. 12, 2010) Tension
is mounting over the US-South Korean joint exercise. Beijing
and Washington still have time, and leeway,
to desist from moving toward a possible conflict on the Yellow
Sea.
Aims and Motives of
China’s East China Sea Live Fire
Drills By Russell Hsiao (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation 10(14),
Jul. 9, 2010) In spite of a lack of expert agreement over Chinese intentions,
one aspect of the exercise seems clear, the combined arms exercise
demonstrates the PLA’s growing integrated war-fighting capabilities.
China Flexes Its Naval
Muscle By Peter J Brown
(Asia Times, Jul. 9, 2010) China this week again
used the East China Sea as a setting for military maneuvers and exercises
that it knew would rattle the United States and its allies.
Japan Takes a Shot at China-
via Taiwan By Jens Kastner and Wang Jyh-Perng (Asia Times,
Jul. 7, 2010) A look out of the box of Taiwan's
partisan politics reveals that Japan
isn't short of motives to step up its military presence in the East China Sea other than to react to the KMT's
pro-China course.
Chinese Military Seeks to
Extend Its Naval Power By Edward Wong
(New
York Times, Apr. 23, 2010) The Chinese military is seeking to project naval
power well beyond the Chinese coast, from the oil ports of the Middle East to
the shipping lanes of the Pacific, military officials and analysts say.
Taiwan Plans Stealthy
900-ton Warships By Wendell Minnick
(Defense News, Apr. 18, 2010) Taiwan's recently
announced plans to build a new 900-ton warship is just the vanguard of a
projected new generation of low-observable surface combatant vessels tailored
to battle in the Taiwan Strait, analysts said.
Chinese Defense
Expenditures: Implications for Naval Modernization By
Andrew S. Erickson (China
Brief 10(8), Jamestown
Foundation, Apr. 16, 2010) Regardless of its exact size, which remains
uncertain to outsiders, China’s defense budget is on track to continue
funding an increasingly capable military/navy that is gradually increasing
focus on areas beyond mainland China.
Priorities and Challenges in
China’s Naval Deployment in the Horn of Africa By
Richard Weitz (China Brief, Jamestown
Foundation, Dec. 3, 2009) Assuming a leadership position in the international
counter-piracy coalition in the form of the SHADE co-chairmanship appears to
have been a step too far for Beijing’s still cautious government.
Watching Beijing’s Air Power
Grow By Michael Forsythe
(IHT, Oct. 21, 2009) China’s leaders have talked for
five decades about acquiring what they call “aircraft mother ships.” The
world’s fastest-growing major economy is preparing to send a carrier to sea
within a few years.
China Air, Naval Boost Risks
Raising Tension By Benjamin Kang Lim and Lucy Hornby (Reuters, Sep. 30,
2009) China plans to cut back its army and boost the navy and air force,
sources with ties to the People's Liberation Army said, extending its
military reach and risking greater regional tensions.
Deng’s Old Ghost Must Be
Smiling By James R. Holmes
(Taipei Times,
Sep. 30, 2009) Beijing
enjoys a home-field advantage over an overextended, resource-strapped US
Navy. The military balance will favor China
in the Western Pacific unless Washington
proves willing to concentrate the fleet there.
Changes in Beijing’s
Approach to Overseas Basing? By Michael S. Chase and Andrew S. Erickson (Jamestown Foundation,
Sep. 24, 2009) The most likely outcome is one in which China would follow an
approach analogous to the “places not bases” strategy: establish facilities
capable of supporting expanded PLA participation in non-traditional security
missions, rather than developing a network of traditional military bases.
Is China a “Soft” Naval
Power? By James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara (China Brief, Jamestown
Foundation, Aug. 20, 2009) Influential Chinese officials and scholars are
increasingly thinking in terms of soft power as a way to augment China's
comprehensive national power.
A Chinese Turn to Mahan? By
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara
(China
Brief, Jamestown
Foundation, Jun. 24, 2009) If Chinese scholars and seafarers continue
ignoring the cooperative strands of Mahanian thought, Chinese strategy will
incline toward naval competition and conflict. On the other hand, a China
whose leadership fully grasps the logic governing Mahanian theory may prove
less contentious.
Chinese ASBM Development:
Knowns and Unknowns By Andrew S. Erickson (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Jun. 24, 2009) There have been
many Western reports that China is developing an anti-ship ballistic missile
(ASBM) based on its CSS-5/DF-21D solid propellant medium-range ballistic
missile.
China –US Naval Incident
Part of a Rising Trend By Christopher Bodeen (AP, Jun. 15, 2009) China has called the latest collision between
Chinese and U.S. naval vessels an accident, but many of the elements echo
previous altercations that have raised concerns that China's navy is growing
increasingly aggressive in its patrols of the waters off its coast.
China’s Navy Grows, and the
World Watches Warily By Ishaan Tharoor
(Time,
May 13, 2009) "We were in a period that was essentially unipolar,"
says Australian
Strategic Policy Institute’s Andrew Davies. "Now the U.S.
and China
are going to have to reach some sort of an accommodation."
Change Tack with Sea
Strategy: China Experts By Zhang Xin
(China Daily, May 13, 2009) Wang said China should now secure its inherent
sovereignty in the South China Sea by reinforcing the supervision and
administration, and suggested the nation set up a "coast guard"
force, such as the kind employed by the United States.
Asian Naval Programs
Confident Despite Economy By Wendell Minnick (DefenseNews, May 11, 2009) Confidence in Asian naval and
maritime defense markets appears undaunted by the economic crisis savaging
defense budgets around the world.
Chinese Carriers--Let Them
Have Them By Tetsuo Kotani
(Asia Times, May 6, 2009) The day when China
possesses carriers may not be far off. Although the international community
shouldn't overreact, it is necessary to watch developments and respond.
Australia Bulks Up By
Andrew Shearer
(Wall Street Journal Asia, May 6,2009) Asia has
long looked to the United
States to underwrite two critical public
goods: free trade and security. Now there is anxiety in the region about its
continuing willingness and ability to so, and governments are looking for
ways to adapt.
Australia Tries to Placate
China over Navy Expansion By Rob Taylor (Reuters, May 1, 2009) Australia
sought to reassure China
that plans to double its attack submarine fleet and buy warships capable of
carrying ballistic missile shields in a $72 billion military upgrade were not
aimed at Beijing.
China Concerns Shape New
Paper on Defense By Greg Ansley
(New Zealand Herald, Apr. 27, 2009) Australia is
about to release a new defense white paper shaped by growing concerns about
the rise of China and emerging threats to the nation's maritime approaches
and trade routes.
Impeccable Affair and
Renewed Rivalry in the South China Sea By
Ian Storey (China Brief, Jamestown
Foundation, Apr. 30, 2009) Over the past two years the South China Sea
dispute has moved from the back to the middle burner of Asian security
issues; if present trends continue, it may not be long before it is seen once
again as a major potential regional flashpoint.
Maritime Confrontation
Highlights Troubled State of China-U.S. Defense Diplomacy By
Richard Weitz (China
Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Apr. 30, 2009)
The Impeccable incident is another sign that, despite years of
military-to-military talks, the Chinese and American defense communities
still fundamentally disagree regarding how to manage bilateral relations in
ways that eschew acute confrontations.
US: Chinese Aircraft Carrier
May Worry Neighbors By Ken Teh
(AP, Apr. 21, 2009) A future Chinese aircraft
carrier may worry neighboring navies because Beijing has not specified what
role the warship would play in the region, the U.S. chief of Naval Operations
said.
Is Long Wait for China’s
Aircraft Carrier Ending? By Christopher Bodeen (AP, Apr. 20, 2009) China's navy has added
sophisticated nuclear submarines, destroyers and missile systems, but the
holy grail of surface ships--an aircraft carrier--has stayed out on the
horizon. That may be about to change.
U.S. Seeks to Improve Links
with China Navy By Loretta Chao
(Wall Street Journal Asia, Apr. 20, 2009) The
U.S. wants more discussions on naval safety and communications with China,
following a recent confrontation between an American surveillance ship and
Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, a senior U.S. navy officer said.
The PLA Navy Sails the South
China Sea By James Holmes
(Taipei Times, Apr. 7, 2009) As the Chinese
economy grows more and more dependent on seaborne commerce passing through
the Strait of Malacca and as the People’s Liberation Army Navy extends its
seaward reach, Beijing
will take an increasingly forceful approach to Southeast Asian affairs.
China Flash of Maritime
Muscle May Mean Power Push in Asia Seas By
Dune Lawrence (Bloomberg, Mar. 24, 2009)
China’s flash of maritime muscle earlier this month against a U.S. Navy ship
has put its neighbors and America on watch against a bolder push to exert
sovereignty in regional waters.
Japanese Military Assumes
More Global Role By Eric Talmadge
(AP, Mar. 22, 2009) The political leadership and
military planners _ with the blessing of Washington, their closest ally _ are
cautiously moving the military away from its longtime role as a stay-at-home
force.
Destroyer to Protect Ship
Near China By Ann Scott Tyson
(Washington Post, Mar. 13, 2009) The U.S. Navy
has dispatched a guided-missile destroyer to the South
China Sea after Chinese ships allegedly harassed an American
ship operating there last weekend.
Tempting the Dragon By
Mark Valencia
(Far Eastern Economic Review, Mar. 11, 2009) The “harassment” of the U.S. Navy
military survey vessel Impeccable operating in China’s
Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea is but the tip of an iceberg
of maritime legal differences between China
and the U.S.
China Harassed U.S. Ship,
the Pentagon Says By Thom Shanker
(New York Times, Mar. 10, 2009) The United States
has lodged a formal protest with the government in Beijing, saying five Chinese ships harassed
an American surveillance vessel in international waters.
Asia: Target of PRC’s Carrier
Plan By James Holmes
(Taipei Times, Feb. 10, 2009) Beijing likely intends its flattops not for
a cataclysmic sea fight against the US Navy, but to coerce or deter lesser
Asian powers, safeguard merchant shipping in vital sea areas and uphold maritime
claims others find objectionable.
Masked Motives in China’s
Anti-Piracy Push By Bright B. Simons
(Asia Times, Jan. 15, 2009) A new lens is being
trained on China's actions, one that is preset to reveal previously
under-highlighted links to, above all, America's late but conclusive movement
to the view of the Horn of Africa as a geostrategic shelf of the
post-September 11, 2001, world.
Anti-Piracy Patrols Presage
Rising Naval Powers By Brian Wilson and James Kraska (YaleGlobal,
Jan. 14, 2009) The nations of China and India, and the member states of the
EU, now join traditional maritime powers as naval forces with worldwide
reach. Whether this expansion of blue water capability will be a positive
force largely depends on the ability of this diverse group to coordinate and
share the increasingly crowded littorals.
China Flaunts Growing Naval
Capabilities By Willy Lam
(China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Jan. 12,
2009) The year 2009 is set to become a watershed in the People’s Liberation
Army’s (PLA) development into a force capable of long-distance, multi-pronged
power projection.
China’s Gulf of Aden
Expedition and Maritime Cooperation in East Asia By
Mingjiang Li (China Brief, Jamestown
Foundation, Jan. 12, 2009) The Gulf of Aden is a much less sensitive
region for China
and thus serves as a perfect testing ground for the Chinese Navy. It is
still premature to expect China
to strive for any leadership role in maritime affairs closer to home.
The New Game in India Waters By
James Holmes
(Taipei Times, Jan. 12, 2009) Uneven responses to
seaborne threats have shown that the sea services have some way to go to
become an effective arm of Indian foreign policy. This open up opportunities
for China to position
itself as a custodian of maritime security in South Asia.
China at Sea By
Hugo Restall
(Wall Street Journal Asia, Jan. 6, 2009) Comments
by China's national defense spokesman last month make it about as official as
it's going to get: China's navy is in the market for an aircraft carrier.
This is a sign that Beijing sees its ultimate
prize within grasp: emergence as East Asia's
preeminent great power.
China Sails into New World
Order By Frank Ching
(Globe and Mail, Jan. 6, 2009) This week, three
Chinese vessels join an international task force operating in the Gulf of
Aden to protect shipping from attacks by Somali pirates, marking the first
time since the 15th century that Chinese warships have sailed so far from
home.
China Targets Pirates in
Groundbreaking Mission By William Foreman (AP, Dec. 26, 2008) Chinese warships headed toward Somali waters
Friday to combat piracy, the first time the communist country has sent ships
on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial
waters.
Piracy Draws China Back to
the Ranks of Maritime Giants
(AFP, Dec. 24, 2008) "The Somali deployment
is ... a demonstration of China's
increasing blue-water capabilities, which in long-term, strategic terms will
be viewed with concern by potential rivals," Janes Defense Review said.
China Sets Sail
(The Times, Dec. 23, 2008) The expedition to the
waters off Somalia is intended not only to protect Chinese vessels vulnerable
to attack by pirates, but also to project its growing military power overseas
in a way that does not antagonise its neighbours or cause concern in
Washington.
China Anti-Piracy Mission
Marks Greater Engagement By Anita Chang (AP, Dec. 19, 2008) China's decision to send warships to battle
pirates off Somalia — taking on a job that involves cooperating with other
nations and possible combat — is a cautious step toward more engagement by
Beijing.
China’s Carrier Plans Worry Region By
Yu Tsung-chi
(Taipei Times, Nov. 28, 2008) To mollify its
neighbors’ worries, it would behoove China to explain the purposes and
intentions behind its carrier-building program.
China’s Naval Ambitions
(Le Monde diplomatique, September 2008) China
wants to prevent anything from stealing its second chance in history to
emerge as a global and sovereign maritime power.
Inside the Ring – China
Targets Carriers By Bill Gertz
(Washington Times, Jul. 10, 2008) China is close to deploying a new
conventionally armed strategic missile capable of hitting U.S. aircraft carriers and other
warships at sea.
PRC Still Expanding Sub
Fleet: Analysts
(Taipei Times, Feb. 26, 2008) Several recent events, from an eagle-eyed
spotting of an image on Google Earth to an overt military delivery from
Russia, suggest that China is continuing its rapid expansion of a submarine
fleet that would be particularly useful in a conflict with the US over
Taiwan, analysts and military officials said.
China's Submarines Giving US the
Jitters
(Straits Times, Jan. 19, 2008) The Chinese Navy is extending its reach across
the Asia-Pacific, a development that has prompted the United States to intensify calls
for more transparency in their military relations. In the past year, the
Chinese military has put on a show of strength amid a robust military
build-up.
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