Sep 07, 2011

The annual release of the Pentagon’s Report on China’s military always engenders strong reactions, in Beijing, in U.S. policy circles and around the world. Notwithstanding the many audiences to which the Report addresses itself and the issues that many of those audiences have with various elements of the Report, it is the most authoritative U.S. government reference on the PLA, and by extension one of the most frequently cited open source analyses in the world

Apr 01, 2011

A first-blush analysis of China’s 2010 National Defense White Paper indicates that it provides new and more detail in some areas, but fails to shed new light in many others. In general, the White Paper is quite clear about China’s strategic assessment, but on more purely military matters, the White Paper does not meet expectations.