2012-02-28 (China Military News cited from Reuters and by Randy Fabi and Manuel Mogato) -- When Lieutenant-General Juancho Sabban received an urgent phone call from an oil company saying two Chinese vessels were threatening to ram their survey ship, the Philippine commander's message was clear: don't move, we will come ... READ MORE

2012-02-27 (China Military News cited from bloomberg.com) -- Should the U.S. be willing to sacrifice Los Angeles for Taipei? It’s horrendous to contemplate, but it’s the kind of question that underlies a simmering debate over U.S. policy toward Taiwan.
As China’s economic and military power grows, and Taiwan’s long-term future remains ... READ MORE

2012-02-27 (China Military News cited from dailynewstranscript.com and by Gwynne Dyer) -- On Feb. 15, just as Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping arrived in the United States for a four-day visit, U.S. President Barack Obama told an audience of American workers in Milwaukee: “Manufacturing is coming back!” Coming back from China, ... READ MORE

2012-02-24 (China Military News cited from Matthew Luce) -- This year marks the 10th anniversary of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (zhongguo dianzi keji jituan gongsi) - known better by its acronym CETC - one of China's 10 official defense industry conglomerate-bureaucracies [1].
CETC's operations are central to China's push toward dual-use ... READ MORE

2012-02-24 (China Military News cited from fas.org and by Hans M. Kristensen) -- At about the same time nuclear arms reduction opponents last week incorrectly accused the Obama administration of considering “reckless” cuts in nuclear forces that would leave the United States “with fewer warheads than China,” Congress received its annual ... READ MORE

2012-02-21 (China Military News cited from the-diplomat.com and by Andrew Erickson & Gabe Collins) -- A security vacuum is developing around Chinese workers overseas. The recent kidnapping of 29 Chinese workers in Sudan (where another worker was shot dead during the abduction) and 25 workers in Egypt has sparked a strong ... READ MORE

2012-02-21 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) -- A Chinese military scholar on Monday disputed a global research group's report on China's defense budget growth, saying the motivation of the report was to play up China's military threat.
The IHS Jane's report said China's military budget will double by 2015, making ... READ MORE

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