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China Says Military Budget
Up 17.6 percent in 2008
(AFP, Mar. 4, 2008) China announced its defense spending would rise 17.6
percent this year but insisted the increase was moderate, after the United
States expressed concerns about Beijing's
expanding military power.
Russia, China Challenge US
Space Arms
(Associated Press, Feb. 13, 2008) China and Russia renewed their push for a global ban on arms in
space at a disarmament conference Tuesday with a proposal opposed by
Washington on the grounds it is directed at U.S. military technology.
Singapore
and China Sign Defense Pact
(Straits Times, Jan. 8, 2008) Singapore and China signed their first defense
agreement, deepening bilateral ties. These include mutual visits, sending
personnel to each other's courses and seminars, and port calls.
China and India Hold First Joint Military Exercise
(Straits Times, Dec. 21, 2007) India and China will launch their first-ever
joint military exercise today in the mountain ranges of China's south-western
Yunnan province. The anti-terrorism drill, called Hand-in-Hand 2007, involves
only 100 troops from each side. But analysts said it is not the scale but the
scope for potential cooperation between the Asian giants in combating
international terrorism that is significant.
China's Hu in Control of
Rapidly Modernizing Military
(Agence France Presse, Oct. 20, 2007) After five years in power, President Hu Jintao has finally
gained unquestioned control of China's
massive military while transforming it into wealthy, high-tech fighting
force, analysts said.
Chinese Warships Arrive in
Sydney
(AFP, Sep. 29, 2007) Two Chinese warships arrived in Sydney ahead of the
first joint military exercises between Australia and the Asian nation, with
officials saying more operations were planned. Australian Defence Minister
Brendan Nelson said next week's joint exercises involving the Australian,
Chinese and New Zealand navies signaled closer military cooperation between
Beijing and Canberra.
Ma Win Won’t Affect PLA Modernization:
Experts
(Taipei Times, Apr. 9, 2008) US Deputy Director of National Intelligence for
Analysis Tom Fingar said that the outcome of the presidential election in
Taiwan may have lowered Beijing’s anxieties over the cross-strait situation,
but would not put an end to the modernization of its military. Susan Shirk,
former deputy assistant secretary of state during the Bill Clinton
administration, said China could seek to shift the world’s attention away
from Tibet by dealing with Taiwan.
China Beefing Up Military
Brains By Richard Halloran
(Taipei Times, Mar. 9, 2008) Tacked onto the end of the US Defense
Department's new report on Chinese military power is an appraisal of the
effort by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to transform itself "from a
force dependent on mass to a streamlined, information-based military with
highly qualified officers and soldiers."
China Plans Steep Increase
in Military Spending
(New York Times, Mar. 5, 2008) China announced a further sharp increase in
military spending on Tuesday, a day after the United States renewed its
warning that a lack of openness surrounding the rapid buildup of China’s
armed forces posed a threat to stability in Asia.
China's Taiwan Buildup
Continues
(Associated Press, Mar. 4, 2008) China continues its huge military buildup
opposite Taiwan, further
pushing the balance of power between the two rivals toward the mainland's
favor, the Defense Department says in its annual report on China's military.
"A potential military confrontation with Taiwan, and the prospect of U.S. military intervention, remain
the PLA's most immediate military concerns," the report said.
China's Computer Hacking
Worries Pentagon
(LA Times, Mar. 4, 2008) China in the last year has developed ways to
infiltrate and manipulate computer networks around the world in what U.S.
defense officials conclude is a new and potentially dangerous military
capability, according to a Pentagon report.
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.
Defense Focus: China's
Weapons -- Part 3 By Martin Sieff
(United Press International, Feb. 8, 2008) The weapons that China wants from
Russia -- and that Moscow won't sell Beijing -- provide a remarkable insight
into the current transitional state of the Chinese arms industry.
Defense Focus: China's
Weapons -- Part 2
(United Press International, Feb. 7, 2008) China is certainly in no state yet
to produce its own long-range strategic bombers, air-refueling tankers or air
transport aircraft like the C-130 Hercules or the C-17 Globemaster and must
therefore continue to try and buy them off the shelf, if not from the United
States because of deteriorating relations, then from Russia.
Defense Focus: China's
Weapons -- Part 1
(United Press International, Feb. 6, 2008) The Chinese domestic arms industry
may one day be one of the biggest and most important in the world, but it is
very far from that yet. Western experts believe China will need major outside
suppliers for large amounts of equipment for years to come.
China's Weapons Exceed Self-Defense Needs: US Military
(Agence France Presse, Jan. 29, 2008) The head of the US armed forces in the
Asia-Pacific, Admiral Timothy
Keating, said he was told by Chinese leaders during a visit to Beijing that
its so-called "area denial weapons" were "to protect those
things that are ours". But he said, "we find it troubling that the
capabilities of some of these weapons systems would tend to exceed our own
expectations for protecting those things that are 'ours'".
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.
China Reshuffles Military But
No Hint of Succession By Benjamin Kang Lim (Reuters, Oct. 22, 2007)
China reshuffled its top military body, reappointing President Hu Jintao as
chairman but elevating no other civilian -- a sign that the country's
leadership succession remains up in the air. People's Liberation Army
generals Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou were reappointed vice-chairmen of the
powerful commission.
China Promotes Military
Officers Experienced in Taiwan Affairs By David Lague (International Herald Tribune, Oct.
9, 2007) China has promoted senior military officers with experience in
planning for war over Taiwan ahead of a key political meeting next week at
which the Communist Party has said it will adopt a new strategy to stop the
self-governing island moving toward independence.
US Official Notes China's
Military Gains
(Associated Press, Sep. 30, 2007) While the U.S. has been tied up in Iraq, China is modernizing its military and its air
defenses are now nearly impenetrable to all but the newest of American
fighters, the senior U.S. military official in Japan said.
China and India Leading Asian
Missile Buildup
(International
Herald Tribune, Sep. 19, 2007) Two
decades after developed nations agreed to halt the proliferation of strategic
missile technology, China and India are leading the most significant
modernization of nuclear-capable ballistic missile and cruise missile forces
in Asia since the Cold War.
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