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Military Power of
the People’s Republic of China 2009
White Paper:
China’s National Defense in 2008
(Information Office of the State Council of the
People’s Republic of China, Jan. 21, 2009) China is still confronted with
long-term, complicated, and diverse security threats and challenges. Issues
of existence security and development security, traditional security threats
and non-traditional security threats, and domestic security and international
security are interwoven and interactive.
[ News ] [ Papers ]
China to Stage 50000-Troop
Military Drill: Report
(Reuters, May 5, 2009) China's People's
Liberation Army will hold a big training drill later this year to hone the
modernizing force's skills in complex, high-tech warfare, the official Xinhua
news agency 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 Military Build-up
Seems U.S.-Focused: Mullen
(Reuters, May 4, 2009) China's
build-up of sea and air military power funded by a strong economy appears
aimed at the United States,
the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff 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.
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.
China Launches 2nd Satellite
in GPS System
(AP, Apr. 14, 2009) China
fired into orbit its second satellite in a program to build an alternative to
the global positioning system based on U.S. satellites.
China Says Domestic
Armaments Are World-Class
(AP, Apr. 13, 2009) A government-backed science
group says many of China's homemade weapons systems are world-class,
reflecting the defense industry's new confidence and underscoring its
ambitions of becoming a major arms exporter.
China Criticizes New US
Report on Its Military
(AP, Mar. 26, 2009) China
slammed a newly released U.S.
report on Beijing's
growing military power as a "gross distortion," saying Thursday
that it could damage military relations between the two countries.
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 Military Trains First
Public Relations Team
(AP, Mar. 20, 2009) China's military is training
propaganda teams for the first time to explain its actions to the outside
world, as the force engages more with other countries' militaries and deploys
its ships and personnel abroad.
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 Says to Boost Defense
Spending in 2009
(AP, Mar. 3, 2009) China announced plans to boost
military spending by 14.9 percent this year, but noted that much of it was
for salaries and said there was no need for other countries to be fearful.
China Increases Missiles
Pointed at Taiwan to 1,500
(Reuters, Feb. 15, 2009) China has increased the
number of short-range missiles aimed at Taiwan to about 1,500, officials and
experts said, a sign of continued distrust between the two sides despite a
recent warming of ties.
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 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’s SSBN Forces:
Transitioning to the Next Generation By
Andrew S. Erickson and Michael S. Chase(China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Jun. 12, 2009) China’s undersea
deterrent is undergoing a generational change with the emergence of the
Jin-class, which represents a substantial improvement over China’s
first-generation Xia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
China’s Contribution to UN
Peacekeeping Grows By Nathan King
(VOA, May 30, 2009) China, a country that once
criticized UN peacekeeping operations as interference with national
sovereignty, is now a major troop contributor.
China Rejects US Criticism
Over Military Strength By Tini Tran
(AP, May 6, 2009) China
blamed the United States
for the latest naval confrontation between the countries, after rejecting
criticism by Washington that Beijing's rising
military strength is focused on countering U.S power.
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.
Military Parades Demonstrate
Chinese Concept of Deterrence By Dennis J. Blasko (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Apr. 16, 2009) Unspoken by Beijing during the build up to this naval parade is the parade’s contribution to China’s military strategy. The
role of military reviews and foreign visits is openly identified in PLA
doctrine as an important component of China’s strategic deterrence
posture.
China General Tells Troops
Party Trumps State
(Reuters, Apr. 1, 2009) China's military must be
loyal first and foremost to the ruling Communist Party rather than the state,
a senior general wrote in a piece published in Party journal Seeking Truth,
stressing politics even as the armed forces seek to modernize.
US Cries Chinese Wolf By
David Isenberg
(Asia Times, Mar. 31, 2009) As a description of
the ongoing development of China's
military forces it is a reasonably informative document. But if it was supposed
to be an alarm about the threat posed by Chinese military forces it failed
badly.
China Accused Over Global
Computer Spy Ring By Dan Glaister
(Guardian, Mar. 30, 2009) An enormous electronic
espionage program run from servers in China has been used to spy on computers
in more than 100 countries, according to two reports published at the
weekend.
China’s Defense Tab Sharply
Up, U.S. Says By Ann Scott Tyson
(Washington
Post, Mar. 26, 2009) China's defense spending is far outpacing that of other
nations in its region, and its aggressive development of ballistic and cruise
missiles and attack submarines threatens to upset the balance of power in
Asia and beyond, according to a Pentagon report released.
U.S. Sees Chinese Military
Rise, and a Need for More Contact By
Thom Shanker (New York Times, Mar. 26, 2009)
China is seeking technology and weapons to disrupt the traditional advantages
of American forces, and secrecy surrounding its military creates the
potential for miscalculation on both sides, according to a Pentagon study
released.
China’s Military After
Taiwan By Ellis Joffe
(Far Eastern Economic Review, Mar. 18, 2009) The Taiwan crisis of 1995/96 convinced the Chinese that the U.S. would
intervene if they attacked Taiwan and confronted them with a new and urgent
strategic threat that became the impetus for a major force buildup and a
focus for its direction.
The Future of Chinese
Deterrence Strategy By Michael S. Chase,
Andrew Erickson, and Christopher Yeaw (China Brief, Jamestown
Foundation, Mar. 4, 2009) China
is moving toward a much more survivable and thus more credible, strategic
nuclear posture with the development of the road-mobile DF-31 and DF-31A ICBMs and the JL-2 SLBM.
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.
China’s 2008 Defense White
Paper: The View from Taiwan By Cheng-yi Lin (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation,
Feb. 5, 2009) The White Paper explicitly said that China’s military
capabilities will continue to grow even as the Taiwan issue thaws, verifying
that a Chinese national security strategy looking beyond Taiwan is taking
shape.
Backgrounder: China’s
Military Power By Jayshree Bajoria
(New York Times, Feb. 5, 2009) Looking
decades ahead, U.S. military planners clearly see the potential for China to
develop as a "peer competitor."
China Spreads Its
Peacekeepers By Bates Gill and Chin-Hao Huang
(Asia Times, Feb. 4, 2009) The Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA) has increased its participation in a broadening array
of multilateral security arrangements in recent years.
China Fears Containment As
Defense Spending Rises By Ben Balnchard (Reuters, Jan. 19, 2009) China
fears containment abroad and separatist groups at home, a defense policy
paper said, justifying a drive to increase military spending and push the
People's Liberation Army into a high-tech era.
China’s Modern Muscle on
Parade By Antoaneta Bezlova
(Inter Press Service, Jan. 24, 2009) For a
country which strives to reassure its neighbors about the peaceful intentions
of its global ascendance, the celebrations for modern China's
founding provide the ideal legitimate platform to showcase its expanding military
strength.
New Advances in PLA
Battlefield Aerospace and ISR By Martin Andrew (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation,
Jan. 22, 2009) A profound transformation is taking place in Chinese
battlefield aerospace, the PLA’s informationalized battlefield program is
assisting its armed forces in attaining information domination on the
battlefield.
China’s Military Awaits New
Satellites By Peter J. Brown
(Asia Times, Jan. 22, 2009) China wants to become the next
big player in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. China
will complete its new Beidou 2 or "Compass" GNSS consisting of 30
more satellites before 2015.
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 Making Leaps in Space By
Peter J. Brown
(Asia Times, Jan. 9, 2009) China ended 2008 with 11
successful launches, and set a new record for launches in a single year. China
intends to set another new record this year.
China Starts Buying South
African Arms By Andrei Chang
(UPI, Jan. 8, 2009) China has had a number of
dealings with South African weapons manufacturers over the past decade, most
of which have not resulted in actual weapons purchases. However, several
recent Chinese-made military technologies bear suspicious resemblances to
their South African counterparts.
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.
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