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China's
Military Capabilities
Frank W. Moore
June 2000
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies
In the past decade China's growing military capability has attracted a great deal of attention, but details about the current and likely near-future state of China's military power have been in short supply. While it is true that China is modernizing its forces and increasing defense spending, the prospective improvements in overall military capability need to be set against the very low-technology starting point of China's armed forces. Click here for the full article.
Arms Trade and Proliferation
China's
Proliferation and the Impact of Trade Policy on
Defense Industries in the United States and China
Hearing before the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission, 12-13 July 2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Arms Trade and Proliferation
China's Armed Forces - Air Forces
China's
Air Force Modernization
Phillip C. Saunders and Erik R. Quam. Joint
Force Quarterly, Fourth Quarter 2007 (.pdf
file).
Offensive
Airpower with Chinese Characteristics:
Development, Capabilities, and Intentions
Erik Lin-Greenberg. Air and Space Power Journal,
Fall 2007.
SITE ARCHIVE: China's Armed Forces - Air Forces
China's Armed Forces - Space
How
China Loses the Coming Space War, Part 1
Geoffrey Forden. Wired.com, 10 January 2008.
How
China Loses the Coming Space War, Part 2
Geoffrey Forden. Wired.com, 10 January 2008.
How
China Loses the Coming Space War, Part 3
Geoffrey Forden. Wired.com, 10 January 2008.
Shenlong
Space Plane Advances China's Military Space
Potential
Richard Fisher, Jr. International Assessment and
Strategy Center, 17 December 2007.
China's
Space Program: Options for U.S.-China Cooperation
Jeffrey Logan. Congressional Research Service, 14
December 2007 (.pdf file).
The
Chinese People's Liberation Army and Space Warfare
Larry M. Wortzel. Emerging United States-China
Military Competition, American Enterprise Institute,
17 October 2007 (.pdf file).
China
in Space: Implications for U.S. Military Strategy
P. Gregory Metzler. Joint Force Quarterly,
Fourth Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).
China's
Military Space Strategy
Ashley J. Tellis. Survival, 01 September
2007. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment website (.pdf
file).
SITE ARCHIVE: China's Armed Forces - Space
China's Armed Forces - Defense Budget
Balancing
China's Budgetary Priorities: Defense Spending and
Domestic Challenges
Michael S. Chase. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation,
31 October 2007.
SITE ARCHIVE: China's Armed Forces - Defense Budget
China's Armed Forces - General Issues
Annual
Report to Congress: Military Power of the People's
Republic of China 2008
Department of Defense, 2008 (.pdf file).
The
'People' in the PLA: Recruitment, Training and
Education in China's 80-Year-Old Military
Justin B. Liang and Sarah K. Snyder. National Bureau
of Asian Research, 13 November 2007 (.pdf file).
The
2007 Report on the Chinese Military: The Top 10
List of Missing Topics
Dennis J. Blasko. Joint Force Quarterly,
Fourth Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).
Right
Sizing the People's Liberation Army: Exploring the
Contours of China's Military
Roy Kamphausen and Andrew Scobell, eds. Strategic
Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September
2007 (.pdf file).
Report:
China Biggest Asian Military Spender
The Associated Press, 11 June 2007.
Military
Power of the People's Republic of China 2007
Office of the Secretary of Defense, 23 May 2007
(.pdf file).
Special
Operations Forces in the People's Liberation Army
and the Development of an Integral Unconventional
Warfare Mission
Xavier Gerard Smith. Naval Postgraduate School, June
2005 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: China's Armed Forces - General Issues
China's Armed Forces - Modernization
America's
Strategic Response to China's Military
Modernization
Ashton B. Carter and Jennifer C. Bulkeley. Harvard
Asia Pacific Review, Winter 2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: China's Armed Forces - Modernization
China's Armed Forces - Naval Forces
Chinese
Submarine Patrols Rebound in 2007, but Remain
Limited
Hans M. Kristensen. Strategic Security Blog,
Federation of American Scientists, 07 January 2008.
Chinese
Evaluations of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force
Naval War College Review, Winter 2008 (.pdf
file.) (Note: scroll to page 68).
China
Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy
Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service,
updated 18 October 2007 (.pdf file).
Chinese
Navy's Big Decoy
Pete's Intelligence Blog, 10 August 2007.
SITE ARCHIVE: China's Armed Forces - Naval Forces
Chinese Strategy, Policy and Views
Keeping
An Eye on an Unruly Neighbor: Chinese Views of
Economic Reform and Stability in North Korea
Bonnie Glaser, Scott Snyder and John S. Park. Center
for Strategic and International Studies and U.S.
Institute of Peace, 03 January 2008 (.pdf file).
China's
Assymetrical Strategy
Eric Sayers. Center for Security Policy, 27 December
2007.
Understanding
Chinese and U.S. Crisis Behavior
Wu Xinbo. The Washington Quarterly, Winter
2007-08 (.pdf file).
Why
China Says 'No' to a U.S.-Iran Confrontation
Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 22 November
2007.
Contemporary
Chinese Views of Europe
Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron. Chatham House, November
2007 (.pdf file).
The
Chinese Model of Development
Wei Pan. The Foreign Policy Centre, October 2007
(.pdf file).
China's
Assessment of the War in Iraq: America's 'Deepest
Quagmire' and the Implications for Chinese
National Security
Michael S. Chase. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation,
19 September 2007.
New U.S.
Maritime Strategy: Initial Chinese Responses
Andrew S. Erickson. China Security, Brookings
Institution, Autumn 2007 (.pdf file).
Assessing
China's Growing Influence in Africa
Bates Gill, Chin-Hao Huang and J. Stephen Morrison.
China Security, Summer 2007 (.pdf file).
China
in Oceania: New Forces in Pacific Politics
Terence Wesley-Smith. East-West Center, 2007 (.pdf
file).
China's
Military Diplomacy in an Era of Change
Kristen Gunness. Paper prepared for the National
Defense University symposium on "China's Global
Activism: Implications for U.S. Security Interests,"
20 June 2006 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Chinese Strategy, Policy and Views
Country Overview
The
Limits of a Smaller, Poorer China
Albert Keidel. Financial Times, 14 November
2007. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment website.
2007
Annual Report
Congressional-Executive Commisson on China, 10
October 2007 (.pdf file).
China's
Premature Rise to Great Power
Liselotte Odgaard. AlterNet, 07 May 2007.
China
Publications
MIT Center for International Studies.
SITE ARCHIVE: Country Overview
Political and Economic Conditions
Long
Time Coming: The Prospects for Democracy in China
John L. Thornton. Foreign Affairs,
January/February 2008.
Chinese
Military Leadership after the 17th Congress: Hu's
Guys or Whose Guys?
James Mulvenon. China Leadership Monitor, Hoover
Institution, Winter 2008 (.pdf file).
China's
Superpower Economy
John Tkacik. The Heritage Foundation, 28 December
2007 (.pdf file).
China's
Looming Financial Reform Challenges
Pieter Bottelier. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation,
13 December 2007.
China's
Real Energy Crisis
Richard Lester and Edward Steinfeld. Harvard
Asia Pacific Review, Winter 2007 (.pdf file).
China
Needs Help with Climate Change
Kelly Sims Gallagher. Current History,
November 2007 (.pdf file).
China's
Civil Society Organizations: What Future in the
Health Sector?
Bates Gill et al. A Report of the Task Force on
HIV/AIDS Delegation to China, June 13–20, 2007.
Center for Strategic and International Studies,
November 2007 (.pdf file).
China's
17th Party Congress: Leadership, Not Policy
Kerry Brown. Chatham House, November 2007 (.pdf
file).
The
Great Firewall: China's Misguided - and Futile -
Attempt to Control What Happens Online
Oliver August. Wired Magazine, 23 October
2007.
Corruption
Threatens China's Future
Minxin Pei. Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, October 2007 (.pdf file).
China's
New Military Elite
Li Cheng and Scott W. Harold. China Security,
Brookings Institution, Autumn 2007 (.pdf file).
Hu
Jintao and the PLA Brass
Alice Miller. China Leadership Monitor, Hoover
Institution, Summer 2007.
China's
Economic Fluctuations: Implications for its Rural
Economy
Albert Keidel. Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, 2007 (.pdf file).
China's
New Civil-Military Dynamic: Challenges and
Opportunities for PLA Modernization
Kristen A. Gunness. The CNA Corporation, 2006 (.pdf
file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Political and Economic Conditions
Regional Context
China's
'Soft Power' in Southeast Asia
Thomas Lum, Wayne M. Morrison and Bruce Vaughn.
Congressional Research Service, 04 January 2008
(.pdf file).
Keeping
An Eye on an Unruly Neighbor: Chinese Views of
Economic Reform and Stability in North Korea
Bonnie Glaser, Scott Snyder and John S. Park. Center
for Strategic and International Studies and U.S.
Institute of Peace, 03 January 2008 (.pdf file).
East
Asian Security: Two Views
Gilbert Rozman and Chu Shulong. Strategic Studies
Institute, U.S. Army War College, 23 November 2007
(.pdf file).
The
United States and ASEAN-China Relations: All Quiet
on the Southeast Asian Front
Ian Storey. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army
War College, 01 November 2007.
Sino-Japanese
Competition for Central Asian Energy: China's Game
to Win
Jacob Townsend and Amy King. China and Eurasia
Forum Quarterly, Central Asia-Caucasus and
Silk Road Studies Program, November 2007 (.pdf
file).
Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Indian Ocean and the
Maritime Balance of Power in Historical
Perspective
Emrys Chew. S. Rajaratnam School of International
Studies, Singapore, 25 October 2007 (.pdf file).
What
Korean Unification Means to China
Zhang Quanyi. Nautilus Institute, 12 October 2007.
Crouching
Alliance, Hidden Angst? Rumors of a Sino-Russian
Military Alliance have been Exaggerated
Yu Bin. Yale Global, 10 October 2007.
India-China
Competition Revealed in Ongoing Border Disputes
Mohan Malik. Power and Interest News Report, 09
October 2007.
Asia's
Call to Arms
Joshua Kurlantzick. Time Magazine, 13
September 2007.
Economic
Aspects of the Chinese-Central Asia Rapprochement
Sebastien Peyrouse. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Silk Road Studies Program, September 2007 (.pdf
file).
The
Rise of China and the Strategic Implications for
U.S.-Australia Relations
Panel moderated by Carlos Pascual. Brookings
Institution, 20 April 2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Regional Context
Strategic Issues
A
Mechanism to Stabilize U.S.-China-Japan Trilateral
Relations in Asia
Shulong Chu. The Brookings Institution, January
2008.
Guang:
China and the United States 'Do Not Have Strategic
Conflicts' in Africa
Yang Guang. Interviewed by Stephanie Hanson. Council
on Foreign Relations, 28 November 2007.
What
Resource Wars?
David G. Victor. The National Interest, 12
November 2007.
African
Perspectives on China
Mauro De Lorenzo. China Brief, American Enterprise
Institute, 03 October 2007.
Growing
Chinese Energy Demand: Is the World in Denial?
Malcolm Shealy and James P. Dorian. Center for
Strategic and International Studies, October 2007
(.pdf file).
China's
Expansion into and U.S. Withdrawal from
Argentina's Telecommunications and Space
Industries and the Implications for U.S. National
Security
Janie Hulse. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army
War College, 13 September 2007.
Africa-China-U.S.
Trilateral Dialogue: Summary Report
Council on Foreign Relations, 11 September 2007
(.pdf file).
China's
Quest for Overseas Oil
Erica Downs. Far Eastern Economic Review,
September 2007 (.pdf file).
New
China Worries: The Chinese Military is Snapping up
the Latest in Cutting-Edge Western Technology: Is
That Good?
Adam Segal. The International Economy, Fall
2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Strategic Issues
U.S. Policy Toward China
Taiwan
and Fear in US-China Ties
Joseph S. Nye. Taipei Times, 14 January
2008.
Dealing
With the Dragon
Paul Krugman. The New York Times, 04 January
2008.
Doubts
Raised on Sales of U.S. High-Tech Equipment to
China
Steven R. Weisman. International Herald Tribune,
02 January 2008.
The
Rise of China and the Future of the West
G. John Ikenberry. Foreign Affairs,
January/February 2008.
U.S.-China
Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
Shirley A. Kan. Congressional Research Services, 12
December 2007 (.pdf file).
America's
Strategic Response to China's Military
Modernization
Ashton B. Carter and Jennifer C. Bulkeley. Harvard
Asia Pacific Review, Winter 2007 (.pdf file).
The
Political Significance of the U.S.-China Military
Hotline
Power and Interest News Report, 15 November 2007.
2007
Report to Congress
Report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission, November 2007 (.pdf file).
The
U.S. 'One China' Policy: Time for a Change?
Alan D. Romberg. Text of the 16th Annual Charles
Neuhauser Memorial Lecture at the John K. Fairbank
Center, Harvard University, 24 October 2007. Posted
on the Stimson Center website.
Energy
Bedfellows: Countering OPEC Through China-U.S.
Cooperation
Sebastian Mallaby. Washington Post, 17
September 2007.
Moving
the U.S.-ROK Alliance into the 21st Century
Institute for National Strategic Studies and
Institute for Defense Analyses, September 2007 (.pdf
file).
Chinese
Military Power: What Vexes the United States and
Why?
Jonathan D. Pollack. Orbis, Fall 2007 (.pdf
file).
Promoting
Energy and Partnership in Beijing and Washington
Zha Daojiong and Hu Weixing. The Washington
Quarterly, Autumn 2007 (.pdf file).
China
and the United States on the High Seas
Eric McVadon. China Security, Brookings Institution,
Autumn 2007 (.pdf file).
Make
Talk Not War: Strategic U.S.-China
Military-to-Military Exchanges in the First Half
of 2007
James Mulvenon. China Leadership Monitor, Hoover
Institution, Summer 2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: U.S. Policy Toward China
China and RMA
Military
Hackers Turn To Commercial Electronic Attack Tools
David A. Fulghum and Robert Wall. Aviation Week,
20 January 2008.
Trojan
Dragons: China's International Cyber War
John J. Tkacik, Jr. The Heritage Foundation, 12
December 2007 (.pdf file).
Coping
with the Dragon: Essays on PLA Transformation and
the U.S. Military
Center for Technology and National Security Policy,
National Defense University, December 2007 (.pdf
file).
Information
Warfare: An Emerging and Preferred Tool of the
People's Republic of China
William G. Perry. The Center for Security Policy,
October 2007 (.pdf file).
China
Emerges as Leader in Cyberwarfare
Robert Marquand and Ben Arnoldy. Christian
Science Monitor, 14 September 2007.
China's
Cyber Army is Preparing to March on America, says
Pentagon
Tim Reid. The Times, UK, 08 September 2007.
SITE ARCHIVE: China and RMA
Taiwan Confrontation
Taiwan
Faces Better PLA Ability
Andrei Chang. United Press International, 26
January 2008.
Boom
and Bust: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Taiwan's
Defense Strategy Emerge
Christopher Griffin. Armed Forces Journal,
08 January 2008.
China's
Ability to Sustain War
Andrei Chang. United Press International, 04
January 2008.
China-Taiwan
Relations: Beijing Keeps Its Cool
David G. Brown. Comparative Connections, Johns
Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies,
January 2008 (.pdf file).
U.S.-Taiwan
Relations: What’s the Problem?
Richard C. Bush III. The Brookings Institution, 03
December 2007.
Seizing
the Opportunity for Change in the Taiwan Strait
Yun-han Chu and Andrew J. Nathan. The Washington
Quarterly, Winter 2007-08 (.pdf file).
Democracy
on the Rocks: Taiwan's Troubled Political System
Since 2000
Dafydd Fell. Harvard Asia Pacific Review,
Winter 2007 (.pdf file).
China
Steps Up Military Focus on Taiwan
David Lague. The New York Times, 10 October
2007.
Taiwan
Plans Missiles Able to Hit China
David Lague. The New York Times, 29
September 2007.
U.S.-China
Relations After Resolution of Taiwan's Status
Roger Cliff and David A. Shlapak. RAND, 25 September
2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Taiwan Confrontation
Terrorism and September 11th
U.S.-China
Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S.
Policy
Shirley A. Kan. Congressional Research Service,
updated 10 October 2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Terrorism and September 11th
Geo-Economic Issues
China's
Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the
U.S. Economy
Wayne M. Morrison and Marc Labonte. Congressional
Research Service, 09 January 2008 (.pdf file).
The
$1.4 Trillion Question
James Fallows. The Atlantic Monthly,
January/February 2008.
The
Great Fall of China
Walter Russell Mead. Los Angeles Times, 30
December 2007.
2007
Report to Congress on China's WTO Compliance
U.S. Trade Representative, 11 December 2007 (.pdf
file).
The
'China Honeymoon' is Over
David Shambaugh. International Herald Tribune,
26 November 2007. Posted on the Brookings
Institution website.
China's
Compliance with WTO Commitments and Obligations:
2005-2007 Update
Terence P. Stewart, et al. Trade Lawyers Advisory
Group, September 2007 (.pdf file).
Risks
and Reform: The Role of Currency in the U.S.-China
Relationship
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Finance, 28
March 2007.
EU
China Strategy Paper 2007-2013
European Union, 2007 (.pdf file).
SITE ARCHIVE: Geo-Economic Issues
Research Sites
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