Month: November 2017

As George Bush once said, the relationship between US and China is complicated. In many ways, I think China is one of the few policy areas that Bush got almost…

Well, the Chinese military bbs is abuzz today with the news that China has tested mid-course missile interception system. It was conducted within China’s borders and achieved expected objectives. This…

As PLAN really started to expand in the mid-2000s, we noticed a growing need for naval helicopters. And as military shipbuilding program continued in the past few years, the need…

Reaction from Recent Putin’s trip to India Putin recently made a trip to India and signed a plethora of deals worth $10 billion. The deals include several nuclear power plants…

In the recent times, SIPRI posted a new report regarding the military sales in the five year period from 2005-2009. There are some reports on it regarding to China’s affect…

So, according to this article on times online, the Israelis actually made the unprecedented move to come to China to try to persuade Chinese support for sanctions. That in itself…

Last week, I officially quit from my job. I am currently in the middle of an one-week hiatus before starting my new job. As such, I’ve had some time to…

Looks like the military exercise between Shanghai Cooperation Organization is becoming an annual occurrence instead of bi-annual. According to rian, the next one will be this September. Previously, Peace Mission…

We see many articles in the West about PLAN’s rapid growth and the possibilities of the future Aircraft Carriers. There have been a lot of questions in the west about…

I think that the period of late 2002 to 2007 was probably China’s first naval shipbuilding boom. During that period, we saw a lot of new platforms introduced like the…