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| CSIS reports on China's military buildup |
| 2013-08-05 |
| Link via Real Clear Defense Link to the report is here From TFA: China military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asian-Pacific states. The Burke Chair is issuing a new report on the trends in Chinese strategy, military spending, and military forces based on Chinese defense white papers and other official Chinese sources; US reporting by the Department of Defense and other defense agencies; and other government sources, including Japanese and Korean defense white papers and the International Monetary Fund. The analysis also draws on the work of experts outside of government, various research centers, and NGOs. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 ION see also CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [People's Daily Online] MARITIME POWER KEY TO CHINA'S FUTURE. * SAME, FREEREPUBLIC > PLA GENERAL ADMITS CHINA IS DEVELOPING A LARGE [USN LHA-style?] AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [VOA News] CHINA TRYING TO CHANGE REGIONAL STATUS "WID [aggressive displays of] MILITARY FORCE": JAPAN. * SAME > [India Today = Times of India] PLA CUTS OFF INDIAN ARMY FROM ITS FORWARD BUNKERS | CHINESE TROOPS ADOPT NEWEST TACTIC: STOP INDIAN ARMY FROM PATROLLING IN ITS OWN TERRITORY. China + PLA once again doing a "Senkaku/Diaoyu"??? * BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Yomiuri Shimbun]JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTRY CONSIDERING "ATTACK" CAPABILITIES, espec in response to any Ballistic Missle attacks. * SAME > [The Hindu] INDIA TURNING BHUTAN INTO A "PROTECTORATE", SAYS CHINESE COMMENTARY [Global Times]. Once again, YEAR 2018 = roughly the benchmark year when the US hopes to firmly or permanently establish GMD-TMD in East Asia vee its Regional Allies: + also when JAPAN HOPES TO HAVE ITS POST-WAR CONSTITUTION SUCCESSFULLY AMENDED AS PER JAPAN BEING ALLOWED TO POSSESS NUCWEAPS + ITS JSDFS BEING ALLOWED TO ENGAGE IN NON-"DEFENSIVE", INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR VENTURES. YEAR 2018 = WHEN JAPAN HOPES TO BEGINS ITS "LOMNG MARCH" BACK TO BEING A MAJOR WORLD POWER IN MANY OR ALL GEOPOL DIMENSIONS, INCLUD NUCLEAR, NOT JUST REGIONAL OR ECONOMIC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-05 22:51 |