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Commentary: General Xiong Guangkai's Address
On May 9 2008, General (retired) Xiong Guangkai, Chairman of the China Institute for International and Strategic Studies (CIISS) gave a speech highlighting three major adjustments to China’s security policy.
Xinjiang: the hidden dimension to China's separatist problem
Although the world’s attention is focused on the unfolding events in Tibet, the greater threat to Beijing’s power is from neighbouring Xinjiang. The restive province, home of the Muslim Uighur, has been the scene of dissent and anti-Chinese protest for decades.
Pentagon China Report: Prelude to an Arms Race in Space?
The Pentagon has reacted with predictable alarm to the latest Chinese defence budget increase. But there is a genuine risk of a space arms race creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the West Pacific.
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Commentary: General Xiong Guangkai's AddressOn May 9 2008, General (retired) Xiong Guangkai, Chairman of the China Institute for International and Strategic Studies (CIISS) gave a speech highlighting three major adjustments to China’s security policy.
Xinjiang: the hidden dimension to China's separatist problemAlthough the world’s attention is focused on the unfolding events in Tibet, the greater threat to Beijing’s power is from neighbouring Xinjiang. The restive province, home of the Muslim Uighur, has been the scene of dissent and anti-Chinese protest for decades.
Pentagon China Report: Prelude to an Arms Race in Space?The Pentagon has reacted with predictable alarm to the latest Chinese defence budget increase. But there is a genuine risk of a space arms race creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the West Pacific.
China’s Seventeenth Party Congress: Military reshuffle focuses PLA sights on Taiwan
Reshuffle of top PLA officers, and expectations of a stern warning from the Communit Party leadership at this years party congress suggest a turbulent year ahead for cross strait relations
Reshuffle of top PLA officers, and expectations of a stern warning from the Communit Party leadership at this years party congress suggest a turbulent year ahead for cross strait relations
China's Shang-class submarine surfaces
Photos of China's latest nuclear submarines have appeared online in a continuing effort by Beijing's to manage international perceptions of its military.
Photos of China's latest nuclear submarines have appeared online in a continuing effort by Beijing's to manage international perceptions of its military.
Political Shakedown at China's Party Congress
The most important event in China's political calendar is fast approaching. What developments can be expected at the seventeenth party congress?
The most important event in China's political calendar is fast approaching. What developments can be expected at the seventeenth party congress?
China poised to liberalise its defence industry
In a recent paper: 'Future Trends in Chinese Defence Spending', Jane's Defence Economics analyst Matt Smith outlines the growing space for private companies in the Chinese defence market in addition to the status of and prospects for the current EU arms embargo.
In a recent paper: 'Future Trends in Chinese Defence Spending', Jane's Defence Economics analyst Matt Smith outlines the growing space for private companies in the Chinese defence market in addition to the status of and prospects for the current EU arms embargo.
China's ASAT test in strategic perspective
In a provocative new policy brief, Ashley Tellis challenges the conventional wisdom that China’s antisatellite test (ASAT) was a protest against U.S. space policy, arguing instead that it was part of a loftier strategy to combat U.S. military superiority and one that China will not trade away in any arms-control regime.
In a provocative new policy brief, Ashley Tellis challenges the conventional wisdom that China’s antisatellite test (ASAT) was a protest against U.S. space policy, arguing instead that it was part of a loftier strategy to combat U.S. military superiority and one that China will not trade away in any arms-control regime.
Implications of China's ASAT test
Six months on from China's controversial Anti-Satellite test, the United States National Defence University's Institute for National Strategic Studies has spelled out the threat posed by China's new capability.
Six months on from China's controversial Anti-Satellite test, the United States National Defence University's Institute for National Strategic Studies has spelled out the threat posed by China's new capability.
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