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China National Radio (CNR) reported on a recent announcement from the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office, stating that China has developed satellite anti-interference equipment, an “electromagnetic shield,” for its Beidou Satellite Navigation System. The Beidou system is fully capable of covering the Asia-Pacific region.

The Beidou System can be used for both military and civilian purposes. It has a positioning accuracy of 10 meters, a velocity measurement accuracy of 0.2 meters/second, and a timing accuracy of 10 nanoseconds. It is said that the system is equal to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States especially in positioning accuracy in the Asia-Pacific region.

Source: China National Radio, February 4, 2013
http://china.cnr.cn/ygxw/201302/t20130204_511919697.shtml
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/china-military-news/2013-02/05/content_5210150.htm

Qiushi, a CCP periodical that explains the theoretical basis for the Party’s policies, published an article that discussed the significance of the Internet at the national strategic level. The article claimed, “Whoever controls the power of the Internet will control the dominant position in cyberspace; whoever loses power over the Internet will also lose the national sovereignty of cyberspace.” 

On Sunday, January 27, 2013, China successfully carried out a land-based mid-course missile interception test within its territory. It is the second such test that China has successfully launched within its territory since January 2010.   According to an official from the Information Bureau of China’s Ministry of National Defense, "The test reached the preset goal," but it "was defensive in nature and targeted no other country." Coincidentally, on Saturday, the United States successfully conducted a test flight of a missile interceptor rocket.

“The public in the West noticed that China and the U.S. conducted similar tests on the same day (if the time zone disparity is considered) and viewed China’s test as displaying its strength to the United States.” According to the article, the Japanese media said that, by conducting an anti-missile interceptor test at this time, China wants to restrain the U.S. in the Diaoyu Islands dispute. “A Chinese military expert said in an interview that such a test, “was the result of pressure from the United States.”

Source: Reprint from Apple Daily by China Gate, January 28, 2013
http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2013/01/28/2203279.html

On January 13, 2013, the PLA General Political Department and the PLA Commission for Discipline and Inspection issued study materials to the army and asked the Party Committees at all levels to conduct educational activities.

“Through these educational activities, the Party Committees should more consciously follow the Party’s commands, strictly implement the policies of the Party and the army, effectively curb unhealthy tendencies, firmly establish the standards for being able to succeed in combat and win a battle, and provide a strong guarantee for accelerating the modernization of national defense and the armed forces at the new historical starting point.”

Source: Xinhua, January 13, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2013-01/13/c_114349231.htm

Liang Fang, Professor of military strategy at the National Defense University of the PLA in China, published an article in Huanqiu (Global Times) urging China to implement a grand strategy to become a powerful maritime nation as soon as possible. He reasoned that “China’s maritime security faces unprecedented grim threats and challenges. The United States has carried out a full range of strategic encirclement and containment tactics in the Pacific by implementing its ‘Asia-Pacific re-balancing strategy.’ In the East and South China Sea, disputes with the neighboring countries over their maritime interests are becoming increasingly fierce. … The potential threat of conflict is increasing. At the same time, as the second largest economy in the world, economic globalization has transformed China into an export-oriented economy dependent on strategic maritime channels. Facing such a complex maritime security situation, China needs to develop and introduce a maritime strategy as soon as possible and speed up its development as a powerful maritime nation.” 

The General Staff Department (GSD) of the People’s Liberation Army has issued the 2013 military training instruction manual for the entire military. It stresses “getting ready for war” and “training to meet the needs of a war.”  People’s Daily reported the issuance using the title: Military Training Guide Issued; War-Fighting Has Become the Key Word.” According to the People’s Daily, the instructions “ask that all of the military forces and armed police strengthen their mental preparation for war; increase the sense of urgency, a sense of crisis, and a sense of mission; get ready for war, conduct difficult and strict training of troops based on the actual needs of war; improve the capability to fight war, …. adhere to the standards for war, and measure training effectiveness in accordance with the demands of an actual war.”

Source: People’s Daily, January 14, 2013
http://military.people.com.cn/n/2013/0115/c1011-20198682.html