OPINION — Last week’s Fourth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party witnessed a purge of China’s senior military leaders, culminating in over two [...]
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Bottom Line: With the stated national goal of achieving ‘great power status,’ China’s military modernization efforts have contributed to rising [...]
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The People’s Republic of China has not fought a war since 1979, but the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been a very close student of other [...]
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The People’s Republic of China has not fought a war since 1979, but the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been a very close student of other [...]
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China’s burgeoning economic and political interests in the developing world – particularly in the Middle East and Africa – will compel Beijing to [...]
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In just the past several weeks, China has sent troops to its first overseas base in Djibouti, intercepted a U.S. surveillance plane over the East [...]
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When Chinese President Xi Jinping took office in 2013, he set out to tackle rampant corruption and reinvigorate a slowing economy, but he also set [...]
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China is investing heavily in its military modernization program as it aims to extend its power, not only in the region, but globally. This has been [...]
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On November 26, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced sweeping structural reforms to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The announcement finally [...]
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As President Barack Obama was meeting with leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week, U.S. satellite imagery [...]
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