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Jiang to Resign as State Military Commission Chief
(AFP, Dec. 30, 2004)
Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin has asked to
resign from his chairmanship of the state Central Military Commission.
China Uses Defense Report to
Renew Warnings to Taiwan
(NYT, Dec. 28, 2004) The Chinese government said in an annual defense policy
report that relations with Taiwan
were "grim" and vowed that it would accelerate military
modernization.
Hu Tightens Grip on Military with Reshuffle
(AFP, Dec. 23, 2004)
The Chinese People's Liberation Army is undergoing its biggest reshuffle
since President Hu Jintao
became the military chief in September.
China Tests Ballistic
Missile Submarine
(Washington Times, Dec. 3, 2004) China's military has launched the first of a
new class of ballistic missile submarines in what defense officials view as a
major step forward in Beijing's strategic weapons program.
Beijing 'Has E-blockade Strategy'
(AP, Nov. 17, 2004) China is developing the means to electronically blockade
Taiwan with attacks to the island's vital utilities, the Internet and other
communications networks, according to an US official.
China Now Test-Flying
Homemade AWACS
(WP, Nov. 13, 2004) The Chinese military, undeterred by a U.S. veto that blocked the purchase of Israeli
planes, has developed its own radar surveillance aircraft and is test-flying
the first models for early deployment in the Taiwan
Strait.
Hu Jintao Vows to Modemize
Army in All-Around Way
(People’s
Daily, Sep. 30, 2004)
Hu Jintao,
chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has pledged to
revolutionize, modernize and standardize the Chinese army.
China Deploys Troops to Three
Gorges Dam
(AFP, Sep. 15, 2004)
Move to protect dam from any terrorist attack comes after Beijing denounced a US Pentagon suggestion
that Taiwan
could target it in defense.
China Revamps Top Military Command
(Straits Times, Aug. 10,
2004) Beijing
appoints two anti-aircraft carrier warfare experts to head the PLA in move to
prepare for war over Taiwan Strait.
PRC Begins Week-Long War Games
(Reuters, July 17, 2004)
China has kicked off war
games simulating an invasion of Taiwan
and military chief Jiang Zemin has vowed to recover
by 2020 the democratic island Beijing
claims as its own.
Chinese Produce New Type of
Sub
(Washington Times, July 16, 2004) China's
naval buildup has produced a new type of attack submarine that U.S. intelligence did not know was under
construction, according to U.S.
defense and intelligence officials.
US Wants Peaceful
China-Taiwan Resolution
(AFP, July 16, 2004) The United States wants a peaceful resolution to
tensions between China and
Taiwan, the White House
said, after a report that Beijing had given Taipei 20 years to fold
or face military action.
PRC Says Ready to Attack Taiwan Within 20 Years
(AFP, July 16, 2004)
Taiwan must re-enter the
Chinese fold or face military action in the next 20 years, a report in a
Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper warned.
PLA to Hold Drills at
Dongshan
(China Daily, July 13, 2004) The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will carry
out joint sea, land and air military exercises later this month at Dongshan Island in East China's Fujian Province.
Report: China's Military
Plans Exercises
(AP, July 5, 2004) China intends
to hold military exercises this month across the strait from Taiwan.. The annual summer exercises will be held this year on Dongshan
Island off the Chinese
coast and will include air, sea and land forces.
China Readies for War over Taiwan
Strait?
(Straits Times, June 23,
2004) Beijing
is considering appointing military officers to top posts in Fujian province, which is the nearest to Taiwan..
China Promotes 15 Generals, Jiang
Seen Staying On
(Reuters, June 20, 2004) China promoted 15 military and paramilitary generals
Sunday, including the top bodyguard of military chief Jiang Zemin, in a move seen by some analysts as an indication
the former Communist party chief would not step down.
China General Threatens War
if Taiwan Targets Dam
(Reuters, June 16, 2004) A Chinese general denounced an idea that Taiwan's
military could threaten China's Three Gorges dam and said that any strike on
the world's biggest hydropower project would lead to war.
US Again Warns China over
Military Buildup Against Taiwan
(AFP, June 2, 2004)
"Military coercion was counterproductive," State Department spokesman
Richard Boucher told reporters. "We do see the military buildup and
missile deployments as destabilizing."
Chinese Army Preparing
Large-Scale Military Exercises aimed at Taiwan (AFP, June 1, 2004) China is gearing-up for large-scale military wargames aimed at "taking control of the Taiwan Strait", with 18,000 troops and the
amphibious landing of a tank brigade.
China Defends Military
Build-up, Blames US for Worsening Taiwan Ties
(AFP, May 31, 2004) China
defended its aggressive military buildup to prevent Taiwan seeking independence and blamed Washington for the
deteriorating state of cross Strait ties.
China Expands Military Buildup-Pentagon
(Reuters, May 29, 2004) China expanded its aggressive military buildup last
year with more sophisticated missiles, satellite-disrupting lasers and
underground facilities, all aimed at winning a possible conflict with Taiwan.
China Plans to Expand Top Military Body
(Straits Times, May 27, 2004) Proposed addition of three
generals from air, naval and missile forces looks like a bid to improve PLA's decision-making.
Two Chinese Officers to Die for Spying for Taiwan
(AFP, May 14, 2004) Two senior Chinese military officers have been sentenced to
death on charges of spying for rival Taiwan.
China Navy in
HK Show of Force
(AP, May 1, 2004)
China's navy has sailed
eight warships into Hong Kong in its biggest show of military force since the
former colony's 1997 handover from Britain.
China Military to Exoand
Decision-Making Body-Paper
(Reuters, Apr. 30, 2004) China will expand the
membership of the military's top decision-making body to "suit the needs
of modern warfare" if Taiwan
declares independence, a pro-Beijing newspaper in Hong
Kong said.
Beijing Doubling Defense
Spending: Pentagon
(AFP, Apr. 24, 2004) China
is said to be more than doubling its budgeted defense spending this year as
part of an aggressive strategy that includes trying to deter Taiwan
from independence moves.
China Warships Sail for HK in
Beijing's Show of Might
(AP, Apr. 24, 2004) China said it is bringing
eight warships to Hong Kong for a port call that will be the biggest show of
the mainland's military might here since the 1997 handover.
Arms Embargo Won't End Yet, EU
Tells China
(Reuters, Apr. 20, 2004) Under pressure from the United States to maintain an arms trade
embargo on China, the
European Union has told Beijing
not to expect it to end before the middle of this year.
China Launches 'Micro'
Satellite
(AP, Apr. 19, 2004) China has launched two new
research satellites into space, including a 25-kilogram (55-pound)
"micro satellite."
Top PLA Officers Accused of Spying
for Taiwan
(Straits Times, Apr. 16, 2004) Several
high-ranking People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers have been arrested on
suspicion of spying for Taiwan, it was reported.
China Poised to Join Nuclear
Supplier Group
(Financial Times, Apr. 12, 2004) China
is poised to join the multilateral group controlling the export of nuclear
materials and technology next month, the government has said.
Chinese Leaders Urge Armed
Forces to Push Modernization
(People’s Daily, Mar. 12, 2004) Jiang Zemin called on the country's armed forces to get fully
aware of the changing situation, accelerate the pace of modernization, perform their sacred mission of safeguarding state
security and national unification.
China Boosts Military
Spending in Budget
(AP, Mar. 6, 2004) The communist government's
proposed increase of 11.6 percent -- or $2.6 billion -- in military
expenditures for the People's Liberation Army came days before an
unprecedented referendum in Taiwan.
EU May End China Arms Sales
Ban
(AP, Jan. 24, 2004) The European Union may end its
ban on arms sales to China this spring, diplomatic sources say -- a move that
could allow China's big-spending military to buy cutting-edge weapons.
Unrestricted Warfare By Qiao Liang
and Wang Xiangsui
(PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, 1999) Selections taken from
“Unrestricted Warfare,” a book which proposes tactics for developing
countries, in particular China,
to compensate for their military inferiority vis-à-vis the United States during a high-tech
war.
China, Taiwan U.S. Display Might By Edward Cody
(WP, July 27, 2004) About 18,000 Chinese troops using their country's most
advanced weapons systems last week rehearsed coordinated air, sea and ground
attacks on Dongshan, an island in the South China
Sea that resembles Taiwan
in terrain and weather.
China Aims at
Isles Off Taiwan for First
Time
By Ching Cheong
(Straits Times, July 23, 2004) In its current exercise, the PLA has made the
Penghu chain its target, suggesting a change in strategy for any showdown
with Taiwan.
PLA Revamps with Eye on
Taiwan By Willy
Lam
(CNN.com, July 21, 2004) China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is undergoing
a radical restructuring and modernization to better prepare itself for a
"military option" against Taiwan -- and in particular, the
possibility of taking on the mighty U.S. forces.
Rhetoric, Military Maneuvers
Reflect Growing Chinese Angst over Taiwan
(AFP,
July 20, 2004)
New military maneuvers simulating an invasion of Taiwan
and the ratcheting up of the propaganda war against the island reflect a
growing feeling in China
that the dispute over Taiwanese sovereignty is coming to a head.
Three Purposes of Military
Maneuver at Dongshan Island
(People’s Daily, July 19, 2004) it is to declare to the "Taiwan
Independence" elements, should they remain impenitent and dare to
disintegrate the country someday, the PLA is capable and confident in
settling the Taiwan Issue by military forces.
China to Demonstrate Air
Superiority in Taiwan War Games
(AFP, July 13, 2004) China will use military drills this month to
demonstrate its ability to dominate air space over Taiwan, an essential element in
any invasion of the island.
Jiang Flexes His Muscles in
Military Postings
(Reuters, July 7, 2004) China's
Navy and Second Artillery Force commanders are to attain full general rank
and join the armed forces' top decision-making body in a sign of the
influence of former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin.
China Told to Use Nukes If
Taiwan hits Dam By Guo Shiping
(Straits Times, June 19, 2004) Some parliamentary delegates call on Beijing
to retract its no-first-use pledge to deter 'terrorist acts' like dam strike.
Terrorism Part of Taiwan
Separatist Agenda
(China Daily, June 18, 2004) Pro-independence forces in Taiwan might resort to terrorist attacks on
the mainland in an attempt to split the island from China, military experts and researchers on Taiwan
studies have warned.
China's Military Already Superior
to Taiwan's, Says Expert
(Straits Times, June 10, 2004) George Washington University professor David Shambaugh told reporters here: 'The mainland Chinese
military capabilities are, in my view, superior to those of Taiwan's.
Chinese Military Power (United States
Department of Defense, May 28, 2004) PLA is embarked on an ambitious,
long-term military modernization effort to develop capabilities to fight and
win short-duration, high-intensity conflicts along its periphery.
Strangulation
from the Sea? A PRC Submarine Blockade of Taiwan By Michael A. Glosny (International Security, Vol. 28, Issue 4, Spring 2004) PRC attack on Taiwan,
one of the most likely short-to-medium-term (next five to ten years) threats
to East Asian stability, and therefore U.S. economic and security
interests.
Undersea Dragons: China's Maturing Submarine Force By Lyle
Goldstein and William Murray
(International Security, Vol. 28, Issue 4, Spring
2004) Close inspection of ongoing Chinese military developments provides
ample evidence for both caution and concern.
The PLA, Chen Shui-Bian, and
the Referenda: The War Dogs That Didn't Bark By James Mulvenon
(China Leadership Monitor, Spring 2004) The relative
silence of authoritative military statements, complemented by the lack of
evidence in open sources of troop movements, exercises signals important
changes in strategy and tactics with respect to Taiwan.
European Embargo Tops Wen's
Agenda By Willy Lam
(CNN.com, May 3, 2004) Getting the European Union to lift its 15-year-old
arms embargo on China is Premier Wen Jiabao's top priority during an 11-day visit to Europe.
The PLA’s
Leap into the 21st Century: Implication for the US By Paul H.b. Godwin (Jamestown Foundation, Apr. 29, 2004) Beijing
and Washington are preparing for a potential
military confrontation over Taiwan
and are apprehensive over possible future strategic competition.
Chinese Army Buys U.S.
Computers, Helping PLA Modernize Info-Warfare By Charles R. Smith (NewsMax, Apr. 28, 2004) The Chinese
Army has just completed a series of Information Warfare combat exercises and
the results do not bode well for America.
With Taiwan in Mind, China
Focuses Military Expansion on Navy By Edward Cody (WP, Mar. 20, 2004) For the past 18 months, the military has
concentrated particularly on strengthening its sea power. The main reason is
to provide the government in Beijing with a credible military option if
Taiwan crosses Beijing's red line -- a formal declaration of independence.
China's Army Show New
Sophistication
(AP, Mar. 5, 2004) The men were an elite force of
the Chinese People's Liberation Army -- soldiers deployed on a mission to
undermine archrival Taiwan.
China Moves Toward
Responsibility in Weapons Proliferation
(Reuters, Feb 23, 2004) Reports of Beijing's involvement
in nuclear programs in other countries have highlighted Chinese proliferation
-- but a change of heart was already under way.
Jiang Shows His Hand in Major PLA Reshuffle
(Straits Times, Jan. 20, 2004) Chinese leader
Jiang Zemin has ordered a major reshuffle within
the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that involves 24 generals.
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