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China: Background Information
China's Military
ie CHINA
Navy The PLA Navy organises and commands maritime operations conducted independently by its troops or in support of maritime operations. The PLA Navy is organised into five service arms: submarine, surface, naval aviation, coastal defence and marine corps, as well as other specialised units. There are three fleets, the Beihai Fleet (North Sea), Donghai Fleet (East Sea) and Nanhai Fleet (South Sea).
The Military Balance 2011, p. 231, Ref UA 15 I5 2009
The Military Balance online: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g934569189
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Introduction
China and Its Military
The FY 2000 National Defense Authorization Act mandated that an annual report be sent to Congress on the Military Power of the People’s Republic of China. That report, as well as China’s white papers on national defense and various official documents promulgated by Chinese government sources, give insights into what the United States knows about the military establishment in China.
Given its huge population, its growing economic presence in international trade and finance, and its increasing military capabilities, China is one of the major players on the world stage. It has the world’s largest military force--one that is actively modernizing.
China’s land, sea, and air forces are embodied in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the military arm of China’s Communist Party. The PLA encompasses five main service branches: the PLA Ground Force, PLA Navy (PLAN), PLA Air Force (PLAAF), Second Artillery Corps (strategic nuclear or missile force), and the PLA Reserve Force. China’s military policies and operational capacity merit careful attention as China becomes an ever more significant factor in world politics.
The Military Balance
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China Signpost
Prof. Andrew S. Erickson,
China Maritime Studies Institute,
Naval War College
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China Security Report 2011 (from the National Institute for Defense Studies (Japan), 10 February 2012
See, also:
China's defense white paper: "China's National Defense in 2010."
United States Naval Institute Proceedings, April 2011, "China Spotlight," with articles by NWC professors Erickson, Goldstein, Lord, Holmes, Yoshihara, and Vego.
- Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2011
- China Maritime Studies
- China Security Report 2011
- China’s 12th Five Year Plan And Its Military – Analysis
- China's Aircraft Carrier Ambitions: An Update
- China's Emerging Military Capability
- China's National Defense in 2010
- China's Sea Power, Reaching Out to the Blue Waters
- China's Strategy in the South China Sea
- Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China
- Strategic Perspective on Security and Naval Issues in the South China Sea
- Understanding Asia-Pacific Sea Power
- U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks
- U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report
- US-China Rivalry and Emerging Asia-Pacific Power Structure (first of two parts)
- Why China's Navy is a Threat
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China Brief:
The Jamestown Foundation
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