J-20
The last week has really been an exciting time for PLAAF fans, because real photos of J-20 started appearing on various Chinese military forums online. I think it is also…
Some thoughts about the growing US/China rivalry
As President Hu Jintao visits USA this week, I have seen a wave of articles about China vs US. They often try to explore the following the following subjects:1) Has…
J-20 had its first flight, what now?
This past week, all of the Chinese forums and aviation forums online were left buzzing with pictures and videos of the first flight of J-20. At the same time, news…
The present and the future direction of J-10
As readers of this blog probably know, I have been a fan of J-10 for a long time. In many ways, the J-10 project marked a turning point in Chinese…
China's military budget for 2011 + Jasmine Revolution
As you guys probably have heard by now, China is planning to raise its military budget for 2011 by 12.7% (or 12.6% in other reports). You can see CNN’s piece…
Some props to Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
As most of you guys know, the two biggest aircraft makers in AVIC-I are Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. Both of these aircraft corporations also have civilian/military aircraft…
Is J-15 a game changer?
I often see articles on the web warning of the impending Chinese naval power and the impact on American’s naval dominance. I find most of them to be badly written…
China and Vietnam
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…
What Varyag means
As I’m sure everyone have heard by now, Varyag began sea trials 2 days ago. We have not seen pictures of its sea trial, but have seen pictures of the…
China/Russia military cooperation
This is the part 3 in the series of reviewing the content of the recent book that I read. In the past, I have often been harsh toward the recent…
Evolution of PLAAF doctrine/training
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…
The different procurement practics of China and India
This is the part 5 of the series of reviewing the content of the recent book that I read. I will be exploring how India and China approached the purchase…
My thoughts on economics and politics
As we all know and have experienced, the world has been in a prolonged economic uncertainty since 2008. Although many countries had economic recoveries starting from the second half of…
Rebuke against Kanwa
I’ve been a long time follower of Kanwa magazine. Even though I do not have much regard for the quality of writing, I do find its interviews and news from…
Gap between China and Russia
After I posted the last blog entry on rebuking Kanwa’s support for Russian military industrial complex, there was quite a few passionate responses in the thread. More interesting, there was…
What would happen if European embargo is lifted
I had originally wanted to just do a comparison of European and Chinese military industrial complex and talk about the gap between them. After thinking about it a little bit,…
PLAN conventional submarine fleet update
About a year ago, I wrote an entry on the Chinese submarine fleet. In that article, I talked about the different submarine classes in service with PLAN and a little…
The year that was and the year that is coming for PLAAF
This past year was a really interesting one for PLAAF. The unveiling and first flight of the J-20 project early on in the year really set up wide spread interest…
Looking at a recent article on US/China rivalry
The relationship between China and America has been characterized by many as complex. Even with the bitter partisanship in Washington, most democrats and republicans seem to have no problem looking…