2012-02-16 (China Military News cited from ainonline.com and by David Donald) -- Since the late 1980s China has aggressively pursued a policy of modernizing its defense industries, with the aim of rivaling those of the West and Russia. Now the results of that policy are reaching the front line, allowing ... READ MORE

2012-02-15 (China Military News cited from Reuters and by David Lague) -- As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power.
Shanghai's Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding ... READ MORE

2012-02-14 (China Military News cited from ft.com and by Geoff Dyer) -- Xi Jinping, the man destined to become China’s leader later this year, is steeped in the country’s military. The son of a famous communist guerrilla leader from the 1930s, his first job was as personal assistant to the ... READ MORE

2012-02-14 (China Military News cited from guardian.co.uk) -- Xi Jinping's visit to the US this week is unlikely to answer the west's most important questions.
But this is a getting-to-know-you trip for China's heir apparent, who is expected to take the helm of the world's second largest economy and fastest rising power ... READ MORE

2012-02-10 (China Military News cited from Bloomberg and by Kyunghee Park and Jasmine Wang) -- China’s surging defense budget, the world’s second-biggest, is helping spur military spending across Asia, offering U.S. and European suppliers a chance to offset slowing demand at home.
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. fighters will be on display at next week’s ... READ MORE

2012-02-09 (China Military News cited from asiasentinel.com and by Frank Ching) -- At a time when the rest of the world marvels at – or perhaps dreads – China’s rise, Beijing perceives a serious weakness in its own armor: the lack of soft power. For all its economic woes, the West ... READ MORE

2012-02-09 (China Military News cited from AP and by Nirmala George) -- India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first aircraft carrier in recent weeks as it modernizes its military to match China's.
India and China ... READ MORE

2012-02-07 (China Military News cited from CNN) -- The skies above China are set to become a lot more crowded as wealth and air travel in the country take-off.
China is going to need around 5,000 more commercial jets over the next 20 years to fulfill the needs of the country's burgeoning ... READ MORE

2012-02-06 (China Military News cited from huffingtonpost.com and by Tom Doctoroff) -- The list of military "provocations" grows longer: outlandish territorial claims in the South China Sea, and vilification of Hillary Clinton who has the temerity to challenge them; installation of more than 1,000 ballistic weapons aimed at Taiwan; confrontation on ... READ MORE