~ 2000 ; 2001 ; 2002
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China Air Force Equipped
with J-10 Fighter-bomber
(People’s Daily, Dec. 13, 2002) Ten J-10 fighter-bombers, a type long expected
by military equipment fans, were firstly put into service in the Nanjing Military
Command.
China Issues White Paper on
National Defense
(People’s Daily, Dec. 10, 2002) The State Council
issued a
white paper titled "China's
National Defense in 2002", the fourth one of its kind ever released by
the Chinese government since 1995.
Chinese Missile Has Twice the Range U.S.
Anticipated
(Washington Times, Nov. 20, 2002) China recently test-fired a new cruise missile
with twice the range U.S.
intelligence agencies initially estimated.
Military Pledges Allegiance
to Jiang
(CNN.com, Nov. 20, 2002) The four newly-named department heads of the Chinese
military have pledged allegiance to President Jiang Zemin, fanning
speculation the latter will not be retiring any time soon.
China Finishes Up New Round
of Top Military Appointments
(AFP, Nov. 20, 2002) China
has rounded out new high-level appointments to its vast military following a
shake-up of the top brass at the 16th Communist Party Congress.
China's Military Retains Strong Role
(Associated Press, Nov. 18, 2002) “The people's army is a staunch pillar of
the people's democratic dictatorship,'' Jiang declared to the congress. Six
new members of the nine-person Politburo Standing Committee, the party's
inner sanctum, are considered Jiang's proteges.
China Ends 1st World
Military Cruise
(AP, Sep. 24, 2002) The ships left May 15 on the voyage that took them to a
dozen countries, including the United States
and Russia, and through
the Panama and Suez canals.
China's Army Marks 75th Anniversary with Taiwan Threat
(AFP, Aug. 1, 2002) China's
2.5-million-strong army has marked 75 years of existence with a fresh threat
by the defense minister to re-take Taiwan by force, state media
reported.
Russia
Reported to Sell China 40 Su-30
(Reuters, July 31, 2002) Russia plans to sell China 40 of its top of the
range Su-30MK warplanes in a $1.8 billion deal, the largest such sale this
year. Russia sold 30
Su-30s fighters to China
in 1999 for some $2 billion.
China Test-Fires 'Smart' Missile
(AP, July 25, 2002) China
recently test-fired a missile that may be designed to evade missile defenses.
The missile, a CSS-5, launched several objects during the test that are
thought to be decoys.
China Building Up Claims
(AP, July 16, 2002) China
is building up its strength in the potentially oil-rich South
China Sea to reinforce its claims there, even while talking with
rival nations about peacefully resolving disputes in the region.
Beijing Warns U.S. over
'Wrong Signals'
(CNN.com, July 15, 2002) Beijing has asked the United States not to send the
"wrong signals" to Taiwan by playing up the military gap between
China and the island.
China: Policy Not Threat to Nations
(AP, July 15, 2002) China's defense policy does not threaten other nations
and is a natural part of the country's modernization drive, the government
said in official media reports that followed a U.S. report on the development
of the Chinese military.
China Buildup Said to Target
Taiwan, U.S.
(Washington Post, July 13, 2002; Page A18) In a comprehensive assessment of China's military aspirations, the Pentagon
said yesterday that sustained increases in defense spending and new high-tech
weaponry give Beijing "an increasing
number of credible options to intimidate or actually attack Taiwan."
China Seeks Ability
to Force Reunification
with Taiwan
(AFP, July 13, 2002) "Preparing for a potential
conflict in the Taiwan Strait is the primary driver for China's
military modernization," said the report released to the US Congress.
China's New Missile Seen as Part of Fighter Package
(Reuters, July 11, 2002) China
may well have tested Russian AA-12 missiles, but these have long been
expected as part of a package of Su-30 fighter jets and are unlikely to
accelerate an arms race with Taiwan.
China Deploys Drones from
Israel
(Washington Times, July 2, 2002) U.S.
intelligence agencies have identified an Israeli-made anti-radar weapon
deployed with Chinese forces opposite Taiwan.
China Test-Fires New Missile
(Washington Times, July 1, 2002) China's air force test-fired a new
air-to-air missile for the first time last week in a move that has altered
the military balance across the Taiwan Strait.
China to Buy 8 More Russian
Submarines
(Washington Post, June 25, 2002) China
has begun negotiations with Russia
to buy eight more submarines in a $1.6 billion deal that will significantly
boost its ability to blockade Taiwan
and challenge U.S.
naval supremacy in nearby seas.
Jiang Secures Loyalty of
Military
(CNN.com, June 3, 2002) Chinese President Jiang Zemin has promoted seven
military officers to the rank of full generals in an apparent effort to
secure the loyalty of the top brass in the run-up to the 16th Communist party
congress.
Russia
and China Talk Weapons
(BBC, May 31, 2002) Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov is in China for
talks on security issues and military co-operation which are expected to
focus on supplies of advanced Russian weaponry to Beijing.
China Has Not Deployed New
Missiles
(Taipei Times, April 4, 2002) Contrary to a report in the Washington Times,
China has not increased the number of short-range ballistic missiles aimed at
Taiwan Deputy Defense Minister for Armament Chen Chao-ming said.
Chinese Missiles Concern
Pentagon
(Washington Times, April 3, 2002) China's buildup of short-range missiles near
its southeastern coast is "threatening" to Taiwan and poses a
danger to sea lanes and ports in the region, the Pentagon said.
China Assembles Missiles
Near Coast Facing Taiwan
(Washington Times, April 2, 2002) China's
military is deploying more short-range ballistic missiles near the coast
opposite Taiwan.
U.S. intelligence agencies
tracked a shipment of some 20 CSS-7 short-range missiles to a missile base
near the town of Yongan in Fujian province.
China Takes Another Leap
Toward Manned Spaceflight
(CNN.com, March 26, 2002) China launched the prototype of a manned space
vessel into orbit Monday in a test flight designed to pave the way for the
country's first human space flight, state media has reported. It was the
third such experimental craft launched from the Jiaquan
Satellite Launching
Center in Gansu province in recent years.
Viewing US as Obstacle to Its Rise,
China Modernizes Military: CIA
(AFP, March 20, 2002) "China is developing an increasingly competitive
economy and building a modern military force with the ultimate objective of asserting
itself as a great power in east Asia," CIA director George Tenet said.
China's Army to Prepare for
'Military Struggle'
(CNN.com, March 13, 2002) Chinese President Jiang Zemin has asked the armed
forces to make "solid preparation for military struggle" in order
to attain national reunification. Jiang said: "to solve the issue of Taiwan and
realize complete reunification of the motherland is one of the three major
tasks for the Party and the nation in the new century."
China's Military Grumbles
Over 17.6% Budget Increase
(AP, March 7, 2002) China's
Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng, in a budget report to China's
legislature, announced the 14th straight year of double-digit increases in
military spending. He said the People's Liberation Army (PLA) must modernize
weapons and raise salaries.
China Plays Down Army Budget
Increase
(CNN.com, Mar 6, 2002) China's
generals have indicated that the army's big budget boost is modest and will
not constitute a threat to foreign countries. However, they have stressed the
determination of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to smash any
"separatist plots," a reference to the pro-independence movement in
Taiwan.
China Said Set
to Announce More Military Spending
(Reuters, Mar. 4, 2002) China
will announce another double-digit rise in its military budget this year as
it seeks to streamline the world's largest standing army into a lean,
high-technology force.
Beijing Slams CIA Chief's
Warning on Chinese Ambitions
(Agence France Presse, Feb. 10, 2002) China has slammed as
"unacceptable" recent remarks by CIA chief George Tenet, who warned
that Chinese acquiescence in the US anti-terror campaign did not mean Beijing
had lost sight of its prime goal of becoming a major Asian power.
Beijing Replacing Old Military
Heads with Young Talent
(Strait Times, Feb. 10, 2002) China has been replacing those in the top
echelons of its military and navy with young commanders in a move that
heralds a changing of the guard in the country's leadership later this year.
The reshuffles indicate a changing of the guard in China's leadership ahead of its
16th Party Congress.
China's Military Set for
Budget Boost
(CNN.com, Feb. 8, 2002) At least two major events involving China's People's
Liberation Army (PLA) will make headlines in the Year of the Horse. One is
that the defense forces will be awarded a big budget boost at next month's
plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC). The other is that a
bevy of top-flight naval vessels will for the first time circumnavigate the
world in one go.
China Buys U.S. Satellite
Data to Target Taiwan
(Washington Times, Feb. 7, 2002) China's military is covertly buying U.S.
commercial satellite photographs of Taiwan that U.S. intelligence officials
say will be used to target the island with the mainland's growing arsenal of
cruise and ballistic missiles. Satellite photographs of most of the island
are being purchased by China
through a South Korean company.
China Tests Shield-Busting
Missile, Report
(CNN.com, Feb. 5, 2002) In a sign that Beijing is actively seeking ways to
penetrate a future United State's missile defense shield, China is reported
to have tested a ballistic missile capable of delivering multiple warheads..
The missile was equipped with multiple independent re-entry vehicle (MIRV)
capacity.
CIA: China Expected to
Target U.S.
(AP, Jan. 9, 2002) China
is expected to have between 75 and 100 long-range nuclear missiles pointed at
the United States
by 2015, roughly quadruple the current number, according to a CIA report,
titled "Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat
Through 2015."
Beijing Signs Deal to Buy Two
Russian Destroyers
(AP Press, Jan. 6, 2002) Moscow and Beijing have signed a contract for two
destroyers for the Chinese navy. The destroyers,
modern 956-EM vessels, will be built by the Severnaya Verf naval yards in St Petersburg, and are
to be delivered by 2005.
China Mobilizes Anti-Terror
Units
(CNN.com, Jan. 5, 2002) Anti-terrorist units in China's People's Liberation
Army (PLA) have started a series of maneuvers in areas close to
concentrations of ethnic minorities. Meanwhile the paramilitary People's
Armed Police (PAP) has beefed up patrols in the Central Asian Xinjiang
Autonomous Region.
Failed DF-31 Test
(Washington Times, Jan. 4, 2002) China's
military carried out an unsuccessful launch test of a re-entry vehicle for
its newest long-range missile, the Dong Feng-31, according to U.S.
officials.
Why China Chooses Not to Build
Aircraft Carrier?
(People’s Daily, Dec. 6, 2002) For financial reasons, for technological
reasons or for political reasons? "It is chiefly because of political
reasons that China
chooses not to build aircraft carrier.”
Chinese
Military Rallies Behind Jiang By Ching
Cheong
(Straits Times, Dec. 6, 2002) China's
military has mounted a campaign to convince its rank and file that President
Jiang Zemin should remain in power.
China's Strategic Shift to
Common Security By
Phar Kim Beng
(Asia Times, Nov. 26, 2002) China does not want to
precipitate a security dilemma that could lead to a costly arms race with its
neighbors. Hence the term "common security".
China Reshuffle Brings in
Military Young Blood By John
Ruwitch
(Reuters, Nov. 21, 2002) A sweeping leadership reshuffle has injected new
blood into China's
top military body, which will spearhead a drive to professionalise and
modernise the world's largest armed forces.
China's
Military Can't Be Asia's No. 1 By Felix Soh
(Straits Times, Oct. 29, 2002) Smaller but more efficient, more flexible and
more mobile. China's
military will be all these and more as it undergoes a radical modernisation
process. The US will
maintain its position while Japan
modernises its military and South-east Asia
will buy new equipment.
China Reshaping Military to
Toughen Its Muscle in the Region By Craig S. Smith
(New York Times, Oct. 16, 2002) A new generation of Chinese generals is fast
reshaping China's bloated and outdated armed forces into a modern, integrated
fighting force that is emerging as a regional power.
Chinese Navy Cruises Toward
Modernisation By John Ruwitch
(Reuters, Oct. 1, 2002) Now, the People's Liberation Army
is striving to live up to Zheng He's legacy, spending billions of dollars
each year on new ships and weapons systems.
Beijing's Dreams of Naval
Power By Gary Klintworth
(Taipei Times, Sep. 14, 2002) A strong navy will ensure that it is never
again invaded from the sea. It will also prevent Taiwan's
independence and safeguard China's
claims to other islands and ocean territory in the East and South China
Seas.
Beijing's Missile Controls:
Less Than Meets the Eye By Thomas
Woodrow
(Jamestown Foundation, Sep. 12, 2002) China's announcement in late August of
a regime of export controls for missiles, missile-related items and
technologies is a victory of sorts for U.S. diplomacy but likely will do
little to stem continuing Chinese sales of such technologies.
Plain
Sailing in the Taiwan Strait? By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, Aug. 21, 2002) The prospects for military conflict in the Taiwan Strait are slim for the foreseeable future. Yet
the PLA's response to Taiwan
President Chen Shui-bian's pro-independence statements earlier this month has
been bone-chillingly disturbing.
Chinese-Box Approach to
International Conflict By Qiao
Liang and Wang Xiangsui
(Asia Times, July 31, 2002) Two officers in the
People's Liberation Army renowned for a book on military strategy that
foreshadowed September 11 explain the history behind China's complex foreign
affairs philosophy - and reveal that China may not be mired in the past.
Chinese-Box
Approach to International Conflict By Qiao Liang and
Wang Xiangsui
(Asia Times, July 31, 2002) Two officers in the
People's Liberation Army renowned for a book on military strategy that
foreshadowed September 11 explain the history behind China's complex foreign
affairs philosophy - and reveal that China may not be mired in the past.
PLA on the Road to
Modernized Military Training
(People’s Daily, July 26, 2002) To build up a platform for modernized military
training, the Chinese People's Liberation Army has marched onto a road in
seeking for quality and combat effectiveness from the advancement of science
and technology.
China’s Military Might: A
Question of Strategy By Stanley
Chan
(Asia Times, July 24, 2002) Some have dismissed the latest Pentagon report on
Beijing's military buildup as alarmist,
pointing out that for all its size, China possesses a "hollow
military". These critics assume that Chinese leaders would not dare to
use force while the military balance is against them. This is a flawed and
dangerous assumption.
The PLA, the Pentagon, and
Politics By David
Isenberg
(Asia Times, July 18, 2002) There are few new revelations in the report,
whose real aim may be to bolster the already well-known attitudes toward China held by
President George W Bush's conservative Republican administration.
China and the US: Parry and
thrust By Ehsan Ahrari
(Asia Times, July 18, 2002) The Pentagon report tells the world what China is
up to these days, and also signals to China that it remains significant for
America's own military planners.
Report on the Military Power
of the People's Republic of China
(U.S. Department of Defense, July 12, 2002) The annual report addresses (1)
gaps in knowledge of China’s military power; (2) China’s grand strategy,
security strategy, and military strategy; (3) developments in China’s
military doctrine and force structure; (4) China’s relations with the former
Soviet Union; and (5) the security situation in the Taiwan Strait
China Has Major Trouble With
new Kilo Submarines By Brian Hsu
(Taipei Times, July 2, 2002) China
is having big problems maintaining its Russian-built and supplied Kilo-class
submarines, although it is planning to buy even more.
Army Shapes Jiang into
'Maoist' Cult Figure By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, June 6, 2002) The Chinese army is building a Maoist-style
personality cult around President Jiang Zemin, an indication he may remain
commander-in-chief for a few more years.
Jiang
Zemin's Magnificent Seven By Ching
Cheong
(Straits Times, June 4, 2002) The promotion of the generals is seen as an
attempt by the Chinese President to retain chairmanship of top military body.
China
Urged to Show Greater Military Transparency
(Straits Times, April 8, 2002) China must make its military thinking transparent
if it wants to convince the Asia-Pacific region that it is a responsible
great power. For a start, it should unveil its military plans in a convincing
manner to the United States,
Japan and other countries
in the region, said Queensland
University's Professor
William Tow.
China Looks for New Weapons
By Willy Wo-Lap Lam
(CNN.com, March 29, 2002) The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has
launched a big propaganda exercise on the importance of modernizing its vast
weapons stock. The campaign is believed to be the PLA's response to perceived
threats from the United
States.
China's Military Keeps on Modernizing By Ellis
Joffe
(International Herald Tribune, March 15, 2002) The 17.6 percent increase in
Chinese government spending on the military for 2002, announced last week,
indicates that China's
armed forces are not rushing to modernize. But neither are they seriously
restrained, as in the past, by a tightfisted government..
China’s Carrier of Chance By Richard
Fisher
(Jamestown Foundation, March 14, 2002) China's
new ex-Soviet, ex-Ukrainian aircraft carrier is now in a Dalian navy shipyard. Could the partially
completed Kuznetsov-class carrier Varyag become the first aircraft carrier of
the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)? Or will it instead be a Macao gambling casino?
The odds are at least even.
Beijing Boosts Military
Prowess By Willy Wo-Lap Lam
(CNN.com, March 12, 2002) A newly set-up military research unit says much
about Beijing's
determination to pursue defense modernization -- and the armed forces'
growing clout. President Jiang Zemin had earlier this year approved the
establishment of an inter-departmental organ to coordinate military research
and development.
China Raises Defense Budget
Again By John
Pomfret
(Washington Post, March 5, 2002) The increase reflects Beijing's
ambition to build a powerful military to complement its robust economy and
underpin its strategic position in Asia. But
the 2.5-million-member People's Liberation Army is struggling with its
modernization program, handicapped by low pay, poor morale and difficulty
absorbing new weapons.
Arms: Buying Some Major Muscle By David
Lague
(Far Eastern Economic Review, Jan. 24, 2002) The People's Liberation Army is
shopping for foreign arms and the latest military technology with a
vengeance. Costing tens of billions of dollars a year, this drive will change
the face of its forces at war and is unsettling some foreign governments.
Admiral Blair: N. Korea, China
Retain "Threat of Force"
(Washington File, Jan. 15, 2002) North Korea and China maintain the ability
to threaten or lash out suddenly against two of Asia's democracies -- the
Republic of Korea and Taiwan, according to Admiral Dennis Blair,
Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command.
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