| Military |
 The
Ambiguous Arsenal |
Jeffrey Lewis debunking "Recent reports warn[ing] that China is aggressively building up its nuclear forces," with sidebar on "China's arsenal, by the numbers"(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2005) |
 Annual
Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China: 2005; 2004; 2003;
2002; 2000 |
Department of Defense's annual report to Congress
(PDF format) |
| Arms
transfers to China and Taiwan, 1994-2003 |
Data compiled by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Project |
| Backfires
and the PLA-AF's New 'Strategic Air Force' |
Carlo Kopp on the People's Liberation Army's
large-scale build-up in air force capabilities & changes in strategic
thinking (International Assessment and Strategy Center, Sept. 22,
2004) |
| China
Military Online |
(in Chinese & English) Sponsored by the PLA
Daily: General & military news; special reports; information
on the PLA & national defense, etc. |
| China
Nuclear Forces |
From the Federation of American Scientists,
a guide to the systems, facilities & organization of China's
nuclear forces |
| China Special Weapons News |
From the Federation of American Scientists:
News on China's special weapons programs, space programs, & intelligence & security
agencies |
| China
WMD Database |
"the world's most complete open-source
electronic database on Chinese arms control and nonproliferation
developments.... contain[ing] hundreds of primary source documents
(in both English and Chinese), extensive reference materials, bibliographic
information and comprehensive fact sheets" |
| China's
Aircraft Carrier Ambitions: Seeking Truth from Rumors |
Ian Storey and You Ji's essay in Naval War
College Revew (Winter 2004; PDF) |
China's
Defense in 2004
Chinese;English |
A government white paper on Chinese
military policy, reform, & capability (Dec. 2004) |
| China's
Military Might --- Maybe |
An Asia Times series (July 2002) |
| China's
National Defense in 2002 |
White paper released by the Information Office
of the State Council (Dec. 2002) |
| China's
New "Imperial" Navy |
Bruce Elleman's review essay in The Naval
War College Review (Summer 2002); PDF
version |
| China's Changing Nuclear
Posture: Reactions to the South Asian Nuclear Tests |
Ming Zhang's "inside look at the history & politics
of the changing nuclear posture of the People's Republic of China" |
| China's
Nuclear Strategy and Its Implications for Asian Security |
Commentary by Brigadier Vijai K Nair (China
Brief, Feb. 2, 2004) |
| China's
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Policy Issues |
Abstract & full text of a Congressional
Research Service Report by Shirley Kan (Mar. 2001) |
| Chinese Military
Power |
The Commonwealth Institute's "compendium
of online resources about Chinese military policy & capabilities":
full text resources; special topics; special online resources; bibliography;
research sites; specialists |
| Chinese
Military Power |
Report of an independent task force sponsored
by the Council on Foreign Relations (May 2003; PDF format) |
| Developing
US-Chinese Nuclear Naval Competition In Asia |
Richard Fisher, Jr.'s paper on China's submarine
buildup (International Assessment and Strategy Center, Jan. 16, 2005) |
| Geoscience
Australia: Nuclear Explosions Database |
" location, time and size of explosions
around the world since 1945," that can be queryed by country
(including China) & time period |
| Last
Nuclear Weapons Test? |
"A Brief Review of the Chinese Nuclear
Weapons Program," by Terry C. Wallace & Mark A. Tinker (Fall
1996) |
| Top
Ten Chinese Military Modernization Developments |
A detailed & documented analysis of China's
military buildup (International Assessment and Strategy Center, Mar.
23, 2005) |
| The
Russian Origins of China's Revolution in Military Affairs |
Alexander Nemets on China's recent military
reforms (China Brief, June 24, 2004) |
| Wishful
Thinking in Our Time: The Pentagon Looks at China, and Blinks |
Gary Schmitt & Dan Blumenthal's commentary on the 2005 Pentagon report on China's military
power (The Weekly Standard, Aug. 8, 2005) |
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