Country Study
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Library of Congress Country Study (July 1987)
Taiwan: Developments and U.S. Policy Choices
Human Rights Report 2000 ||
Human Rights Testimony
Weapons
Proliferation and the Military-Industrial Complex of the PRC,
CIS, Summer 2003
U.S. Department of Defense
Current Future and Strategy of China: 2000, 2002
Proliferation: Threat and Reponse (U.S. Dept of Defense, 2001)
U.S. Army War College - Strategic Studies Institute
CHINA
AND THE REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS - 1996
THE
DYNAMICS OF RUSSIAN WEAPON SALES TO CHINA - 1997
WHY
RUSSIAN POLICY IS FAILING IN ASIA - 1997
China's Strategic Modernization: The Russian Connection - 2001
AFI:
China Stirs the Pot || A newly confidant China turns up the heat
China: A Growing Nuclear Threat || China Targets the U.S.
Why The U.S. Needs Its Big Ear on China ||
Chinese Intelligence Capability - a Major Threat?
Bush Declares China to be his First
Enemy
Project on Defense Alternatives Sponsored
Chinese Military Power
The Chinese military has quietly been growing over the years. Despite the secrecy of the Chinese government when it comes to things military, a lot is known about their armament. In the last ten to fifteen years, the Chinese have almost wholly converted from purchasing all their equipment from the USSR, to manufacturing in China using plans furnished by the Soviets. They have learned as well, successfully building some systems using a few of their own designs.
The Chinese government as acquired a number of Kilo submarines from Russia, as well as Su-27 aircraft the license and plans to manufacture them. However, most of their aircraft are vintage 1960s F-7 fighters. China is a the third largest military power and soon to be the second largest nuclear nation in the world as the Soviet nuclear forces further disentegrate.
The Chinese defense budget rose almost 9% in 1993, to a total of 7.4
billion U.S. dollars (public sources), but the U.S. intelligence community
estimates the expenditures at possibly 3 times that amount.
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