The International Herald Leader (IHL, under Xinhua News Agency) published a commentary regarding the U.S.’s response to China’s hypersonic missile "weapons" test. Below is a summary of the article.
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Study Times: China’s Dream Includes a Stronger Army and an Outgoing Military Strategy
On January 27, 2014, Study Times, a journal of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, published an article on how China’s dream includes a stronger army. Up until now, China’s basic military strategy has been self-defense, to defend China’s mainland. According to the article, as China rises, China’s military strategy should be more and more outgoing. “(We) should not only be effective in deterring and defeating any aggression against our native mainland; we should also be effective in deterring and stopping any country that is against our vital interests abroad and deterring and stopping any neighboring countries that play with fire and intensify conflicts.”
As for China’s vital interests, the article particularly mentioned the Nansha Islands (Spratly Islands), the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands), and outer space.
Source: Study Times, January 27, 2014
http://www.studytimes.com.cn/shtml/xxsb/20140127/3852.shtml
People’s Daily: China Made Major Breakthrough in Aircraft Carrier “Electromagnetic Slingshot”
In the past few years, the statement, "China is developing an electromagnetic catapult," has been circulating in the rumor mill on the Internet.
PLA Daily: Military Incidents Have Been Politicalized to Damage the PLA’s Image
PLA Daily carried an article saying that there have been a number of cases in which military incidents or military family members involvement in illegal activities have been exaggerated on the Internet resulting in serious damage to the PLA’s image. The article stated that the parties behind it are the “Internet water army” or experts backed by western hostile forces who intend to win the battle of Internet public opinion.
According to the article, the PLA must learn to fight with such invisible enemies, give immediate responses to those damaging remarks, fight against wrongful ideology, and win the “war without smoke.” It said that the PLA should actively create microblogs and web chat platforms to broadcast positive messages online in order to gain the discourse right while patiently clarifying any misunderstandings, rectifying incorrect public opinions, and firmly cutting off any source that will cause damage to the PLA.
Source: PLA Daily, January 26, 2014
http://www.chinamil.com.cn/jfjbmap/content/2014-01/26/content_65230.htm
Chinese Academician: China Must Develop Its Cyber Warfare Forces
Wu Jiangxing, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and former president of the PLA Information Engineering University, recently attended a grand interview program of "academicians talking about strengthening the military." Wu called for the establishment of a Chinese cyber frontier defense army as an imminent task.
PLA Daily: Military Forces in Urgent Need of Standardization
The People’s Liberation Army Daily published a report that highlighted the urgent need for standardization in the armed forces. The report stated that standardization would multiply the troops’ combat capabilities. Otherwise, the lack of coordinated standardization among the army, navy, and air forces could become the "Achilles heel" of the military forces.
The Purpose of the U.S. Bombers Flying through China’s Air Defense Identification Zone
On the evening of November 25, two American B-52 bombers flew into the airspace claimed by China as its air defense identification zone in the East China Sea. In an interview, military expert Li Jie told a People’s Daily reporter that the U.S. move serves four major purposes: first, it tests the Chinese reaction; second, they are afraid that their future actions of conducting reconnaissance, patrolling, or spying on Chinese intelligence operations would be subject to interference; third, the United States does not want to lose its leadership and control in the Asia-Pacific region; fourth, it wants to show its allies or "pawns" that it still has the final say, and thus, it dares to provoke China. The message is, "You still have to listen to me in the future."