Andrew S. Erickson

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Contact: Robert McAlister (202) 225-2539
 HASC Hearing Schedule December 9-13, 2013
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon released the following schedule featuring (1) hearing for the week of December 9-13.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization

House Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Seapower and […]

Andrew S. Erickson and Austin M. Strange, “Piracy’s Next Frontier: A Role for China in Gulf of Guinea Security?” The National Interest, 10 December 2013.
Nestled in the crook of Africa’s long western coast, the Gulf of Guinea is emerging as the next frontier in the international effort against piracy. It is particularly important to understand […]

This promises to be a very interesting and timely event.
For Immediate Release: December 5, 2013
Contact: Robert McAlister (202) 225-2539
 HASC Hearing Schedule December 9-13
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon released the following schedule featuring (1) hearing for the week of December 9-13.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization

House […]

Gabriel B. Collins and Andrew S. Erickson, “China Natural Gas Shortage Poised to Drive Record LNG Imports,” China SignPost™ (洞察中国) 72 (9 December 2013).
China SignPost™ 洞察中国–“Clear, high-impact China analysis.”©
China’s significant natural gas shortage will catalyze greater investment in pipelines, storage, and domestic drilling.
China is suffering a serious natural gas supply shortage as cool weather collides […]

Amy Svitak and Frank Morring, Jr., “China Bolstering Civil, Defense Space Spending,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, 25 November 2013, 56.
… According to a Euroconsult analysis, “Government Space Markets, World Prospects to 2022,” China’s total space budget grew an average of 14% for the period 2007-12. Over the next five years, it is expected to […]

Frank Morring, Jr., Bradley Perrett, and Amy Svitak, “China’s Space Program Is Taking Off,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, 25 November 2013, 50.
… by 2020 or a little thereafter, when the International Space Station (ISS) may be on its last legs, Chinese space managers expect to have a Mir-class space station in orbit. There is […]

Simon Denyer and Chico Harlan, “China Sends Warplanes to New Air Defense Zone After U.S., Japan, S. Korea Incursions,” Washington Post, 28 November 2013.
BEIJING — China said Thursday that it had sent warplanes to patrol its newly declared maritime air defense identification zone, as a dispute over an island chain ratcheted up into a dangerous regional […]

Joel Wuthnow investigates China’s new National Security Commission (国家安全委员会) with his typical diligence, context, and insight.
Joel Wuthnow, “Decoding China’s New ‘National Security Commission’,” CNA China Studies (November 2013), CPP-2013-U-006465-Final.
Executive summary
On November 12, 2013, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced the creation of a new “National Security Commission.” Although few details were offered, PRC official sources and […]

This article merits extremely careful reading. Recent Chinese writings emphasize opposition to double standards and suggest that Beijing is being opposed just because it announced an ADIZ per se. In a recent commentary, for instance, Xinhua writer Wu Liming claims: “China’s announcement to establish an Air Defense Identification Zone in East China Sea has drawn criticism […]

James Fallows, “How to Think About the Chinese Air-Defense News,” The Atlantic, 26 November 2013.
This is a strange development—China’s establishment over the weekend of an ADIZ, or Air Defense Identification Zone, in an expanded area of the East China Sea, eliciting alarmed reactions from Japan, the United States (which today sent two B-52s through the zone), South […]

Andrew S. Erickson, “Watch This Space: China’s New Air Defense Zone,” China Real Time Report (中国实时报), Wall Street Journal, 25 November 2013.
Effective 10 a.m. on Nov. 23, Beijing declared an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) covering a significant portion of the East China Sea. The Chinese air force soon conducted its first patrol in the […]

Here’s the latest ECS ADIZ news roundup from China’s official media, with the most significant article first.
 
“PLA Air Force Conducts First Patrol in Air Defense Identification Zone,” Xinhua, 23 November 2013.
BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force conducted its first air patrol after the establishment of the East China Sea […]

Watch this space…
我国划设东海防空识别区 [China Designates an Air Defense Identification Zone],  新浪军事 [Sina Military News].
中国空军战机首次巡逻东海防空识别区
国防部：中国防空识别区距某国最近约130公里
国防部：不服从东海防空识别指令将采取紧急措施
外媒称解放军防空识别区4大好处 将领空扩大12倍
独家解读: 东海中线附近是中日核心战场
解析中国防空识别区为何无台湾：有和平统一信心
空军巡逻防空识别区机型猜想：运8侦察歼10保障
独家解析：东海防空识别圈与我国东海主张线一致
日本抗议中国防空识别区涵盖钓鱼岛
日媒评中国设防空识别区：或激化钓鱼岛局势
日本购300辆新战车目标不止钓鱼岛 还有更大野心
日裔美军上将：日本在中日钓鱼岛争端中较克制
 

我军在东海防空识别区首次巡逻
视频：我国宣布划设东海防空识别区
中国设东海防空识别区疑反制美日
我设立防空识别区对不服从者将采取措施
视频:日防卫大臣回应中国划定识别区
视频：我2艘海监船驶入钓岛12海里
视频：日称中国国内混乱殃及周边

独家图解：中日东海防空识别区重叠区示意
中国防空识别圈详细图解：中日交叉如死结
组图：中国图-154电战机巡航钓鱼岛 日军机升空监视
日本在宫古岛部署反舰导弹 矛头直指中国海军
现场图：中国海警船在钓鱼岛海域12海里巡航48天！
日右翼10月1日钓鱼岛示威 中国出动海警船拦截
组图：日本民众骂自卫队拿钱多却不能发现中国飞机

中国两架侦察机赴钓鱼岛 日战机起飞拦截(图)(23日 23:25)
日方25日拟召见我驻日大使传达日方立场(23日 22:32)
空军巡逻防空识别区机型猜想：运8侦察歼10保障(23日 18:56)
中国空军侦察机首次空中巡逻东海防空识别区(23日 18:08)
日本外务省抗议中国防空识别区涵盖钓鱼岛(23日 17:48)
外媒称解放军防空识别区4大好处 将领空扩大12倍(23日 15:20)
少将：中国设防空识别区可名正言顺检查飞行器(23日 15:12)
我少将解读中国设航空识别区：属于防御性措施(23日 15:08)
解析中国防空识别区为何无台湾：有和平统一信心(23日 14:43)
日媒评中国设防空识别区：或激化钓鱼岛局势(23日 14:34)

 
Statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone may be accessed […]

Statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
on the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesperson
For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                                                                   November 23, 2013
2013/1469
 
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
On the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
The United States is deeply concerned about China’s announcement that […]

Defense Spokesman Yang Yujun’s Response to Questions on the Establishment of The East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
PRC Ministry of National Defense, Beijing, 23 November 2013
Q： Why does the Chinese government decide to establish the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone? Is it related to the current situation in the region?
A：Air Defense Identification […]

Announcement of the Aircraft Identification Rules for the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone of the P.R.C.
BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) – China’s Ministry of National Defense issued an announcement of the aircraft identification rules for the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone of the People’s Republic of China. Following is the full text:
Announcement […]

Wendell Minnick, “Chinese UCAV Takes Maiden Flight,” Intercepts Blog, Defense News, 22 November 2013.
Photographs have appeared on Chinese military blogs purportedly showing the maiden flight of the Lijian (Sharp Sword) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). The photographs first appeared on Chinese language military websites: lt.cjdby.net and huanqiu.com on Nov. 21, supposedly the same day the flight occurred. According to […]

Wendell Minnick, “Taipei Conference Examines Evolving Chinese Strategic Doctrine,” Defense News, 15 November 2013.
TAIPEI — Evaluating changes in Chinese strategic thinking in terms of threat perceptions, doctrine and concepts for employing military power was the theme of an academic conference held here Nov. 14-15.
The Chinese Council on Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS), US National Defense University […]

Andrew S. Erickson and Austin M. Strange, “Erickson and Strange: China’s Far Seas ‘Five-Year Plan’,” Guest Blog Post for Elizabeth C. Economy, Asia Unbound, Council on Foreign Relations, 15 November 2013.
This guest post is by Andrew Erickson, an associate professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College, and Austin Strange, a researcher for the College’s China Maritime […]