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29 September 2011

Opposed Systems Design: “Constraints on Chinese Growth”

***This post offers some good points regarding what I would term China’s “Trajectory of Expectations.” We need to “calculate the second derivative” of China’s S-Curve.***
“Constraints on Chinese Growth,” Opposed Systems Design, 27 September 2011.
Erickson and Collins have a stimulating piece about potential constraints on Chinese growth. They summarize political, demographic, health, environmental, and economic factors that could […]

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27 September 2011

Adam Cobb, MIL INT: “Wake Up DC – The Asian Century Is Here, Part 1”

Adam Cobb, “Wake Up DC – The Asian Century Is Here, Part 1,” MIL INT, 24 September 2011.
ASIA MUST BECOME – FOCUS OF EFFORT
The US foreign and security policy community has to get back up to speed on Asia – and do so as quickly as possible – transforming it from a niche concern to […]

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25 September 2011

Uncertain Waters: Thinking About China’s Emergence as a Maritime Power

Thomas J. Bickford, with Heidi A. Holz and Frederic Vellucci Jr., Uncertain Waters: Thinking About China’s Emergence as a Maritime Power (Alexandria, VA: CNA China Studies, 15 September 2011.
Key findings
China is an emerging maritime actor with expanding interests in security at sea. As a consequence, the capabilities of Chinese maritime security forces are improving, missions […]

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24 September 2011

Red Crosses, Blue Water: Hospital Ships and China’s Expanding Naval Presence

Peter W. Mackenzie, Red Crosses, Blue Water: Hospital Ships and China’s Expanding Naval Presence, CNA China Studies, 15 September 2011.
On the morning of October 13, 2010, a gleaming white ship emblazoned with red crosses sailed into Mombasa, Kenya’s largest and busiest seaport. As the 25,760-ton Chinese hospital ship “Peace Ark” neared shore, the ship’s crew […]

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19 September 2011

David Axe, Wired Danger Room: “Secret Sats, Giant Rockets: U.S. Unveils Space War Arsenal”

David Axe, “Secret Sats, Giant Rockets: U.S. Unveils Space War Arsenal,” Danger Room, Wired.com, 19 September 2011.
…the U.S. government revealed new and formerly secret space initiatives that underscore America’s continuing orbital dominance. NASA announced plans for the biggest-ever rocket, set to launch in six years. Meanwhile, the hush-hush National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), keeper of America’s […]

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06 September 2011

Asian Alliances in the 21st Century

Dan Blumenthal with Randall Schriver, Mark Stokes, L.C. Russell Hsiao and Michael Mazza, Asian Alliances in the 21st Century (Arlington, VA: Project 2049 Institute, 2011).
Asia will become the epicenter of geopolitical activity in the 21st century and the budding U.S.-China security rivalry, conditioned by deep economic interdependence, will shape the region’s future. The United States […]

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06 September 2011

Air Power Trends in Northeast Asia: Implications for Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Oriana Skylar Mastro and Mark Stokes, Air Power Trends in Northeast Asia: Implications for Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance (Arlington, VA: Project 2049 Institute, 2011).
The shifting balance of aerospace power in Northeast Asia is creating an increasingly uncertain strategic environment for Japan. Japan is warily eyeing China’s growing military might while also vigilantly watching Russia’s […]

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06 September 2011

Feng, PLA Blogspot: “China and Vietnam”

Feng, “China and Vietnam,” PLA Blogspot, 21 August 2011.
This is the second part in my series to talk about what I gathered from the recent readings. Since last year, there have been increased amount of noise from ASEAN countries about China’s increased assertiveness in the area. The most vocal of those countries is Vietnam. That […]

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05 September 2011

Feng, Information Dissemination: “Evolution of PLAAF Doctrine/Training”

Feng, “Evolution of PLAAF Doctrine/Training,” Information Dissemination, 31 August 2011.
This is the part 4 in the series of reviewing the content of the recent book that I read. I will be looking at the evolution of PLAAF training and doctrine. This is one area that is hard to write about, because we simply don’t have […]

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05 September 2011

Feng, Information Dissemination: “The Legacy of Liu Huaqing”

Feng, “The Legacy of Liu Huaqing,” Information Dissemination, 20 August 2011.
Recently, I’ve read a couple of books regarding the development of Chinese air force. … Over the next few weeks, I plan to write several entries on different aspects of PLAAF modernization. The first topic that I decided to make is the legacy of Liu Huaqing, […]

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01 September 2011

Chinese Aerospace Power Highlighted by Bradley Perrett in Aviation Week ASBM Analysis

Bradley Perrett, “Pacific Projections: Could—And Would—China Target U.S. Ships with its DF-21D Ballistic Missile?” Aviation Week & Space Technology, 29 August-5 September 2011: 67-68.
China’s DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile system presents one of the world’s most decisive challenges in the field of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), with potentially far-reaching consequences for international affairs. …
The main […]

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01 September 2011

Barry Watts, CSBA: The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs

Barry Watts, The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 3 June 2011).
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is pleased to release The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs. The report, authored by Center Senior Fellow Barry Watts, considers the maturation of the precision-strike regime and five of the most […]

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29 August 2011

Defense Tech Quotes China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #43 on China’s “Starter Carrier”

“China’s ‘Starter Carrier’,” Defense Tech, 29 August 2011.
Here are some thoughts on the significance of China’s new aircraft carrier that Andrew Erickson, an expert on the PLAN at the U.S. Naval War College, passed on to Defense Tech. While China’s “starter carrier” may not compare to one of the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz class supercarriers, it […]

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29 August 2011

David Axe, The Diplomat: “US ‘Misled Over Stealth Bomber’”

David Axe, “US ‘Misled Over Stealth Bomber’,” The Diplomat, 29 August 2011.
In 2008, a B-2 crashed at Guam, reducing the stealth fleet to its current level. In the wake of the accident, critics bemoaned the Pentagon’s tendency to concentrate increasing combat power in a decreasing number of ultra-expensive ‘platforms.’

In February 2010, there was another […]

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29 August 2011

China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #44 Cited by Walter Russell Mead in Via Media Blog, The American Interest

Walter Russell Mead, “China’s Growth To Slow By 50 Percent?” Via Media Blog, The American Interest, 29 August 2011.
 
Key conclusions from a paper by Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson at China Sign Post… Read the whole thing.  … Of course nobody, including the Chinese, know what comes next in China, but these authors make […]

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25 August 2011

Adam Segal, Asia Unbound Blog, Council on Foreign Relations: “Sometimes It’s Not China (Though This Is Probably Not the Week To Be Saying It)”

Adam Segal, “Sometimes It’s Not China (Though This Is Probably Not the Week To Be Saying It),” Asia Unbound Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, 25 August 2011.
This week we’ve had a rash of reporting that suggests the links between the state and Chinese hackers.
Smoking Cursor: First reported in the Epoch Times, and then picked up […]

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22 August 2011

David Axe, The Diplomat: “China, the US and Transparency”

David Axe, “China, the US and Transparency,” The Diplomat, 22 August 2011.
Lately, every major Chinese military development has provoked the same response from the US government. The American reaction to the appearance of new aircraft, ships and missiles is to ask, essentially, ‘What’s it for?’ …
But this lack of transparency can cut both ways, according […]

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14 August 2011

Aaron L. Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia

Aaron L. Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011).
An explosive examination of the fast-escalating Sino-American struggle for geopolitical predominance.
There may be no denying China’s growing economic strength, but its impact on the global balance of power remains hotly contested. Political […]

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14 August 2011

Trefor Moss, The Diplomat: “Decoding China’s Aircraft Carrier”

Trefor Moss, “Decoding China’s Aircraft Carrier,” The Diplomat, 13 August 2011.
… The first aircraft carrier in People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) history, which began sea trials earlier this week and churned up no shortage of media conjecture as it got underway, has to be understood on two different levels: the symbolic and the purposive.
Symbolically, the […]

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