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China Review News (CRN) reported that the reason behind the heavy weight U.S. aircraft carrier dropping out of the Yellow Sea exercise was the result of risk assessment. The report believed that the U.S. did not want to “anger” China. It is also believed that China’s biggest advantage is its strong economy. Some Chinese military experts suggested that the aircraft carriers are the “last card” the U.S. can play, and the “U.S. cannot play the same card every day.” Another reason the report discussed was that Asia-Pacific countries welcome the United States less and less, because the U.S. economy is no longer the main engine that runs the economy of these countries.

Source: China Review News, August 21, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/2/1/5/101421571.html?coluid=45&kindid=0&docid=101421571&mdate=0821085716

Xu Caihou, Vice Chairman of the CCP Central Military Committee, stated on August 16, 2010, that China should continue the rise of the big wave of military training. Xu stressed the focus on transitioning the military training from mechanization to information technology. The essence of controlling information is to control electromagnetic power. Strengthening the training under complex electromagnetic conditions is the focal point of the military training transition. Xu also asked that the party organizations in the military increase their leadership over military training.

Source: China Review News, August 16, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/1/6/8/101416842.html?coluid=4&kindid=16&docid=101416842&mdate=0816224307

Xinhua published an article that identified six highlights of the five-day air defense military exercise, Vanguard 2010, that just finished on August 7. The article was from Lieutenant general Feng Zhaoju, deputy director of the exercise and Deputy Commander of the Jinan Military Region:
1. Battle system theory
2. Unit integration – using IT to integrate different basic combat units into a combined combat force, based on the mission requirements and situation.
3. Information system support
4. Complicated electronic-magnetic environment usage
5. Air-ground actual combat
6. Real battle.

Feng also stated that the “unit integration” is a brand new area to start. The exercise has developed some practical measures in surveillance, early warning, command control, and fire attack areas.

Source: Xinhua, August 7, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-08/07/content_13978757.htm

Starting on August 2, China carried out a large scale military exercise, Vanguard 2010. The five-day exercise took place over the central province of Henan and the eastern coastal province of Shandong, which borders the Yellow Sea. China Review News republished an article by China National Radio, which interviewed Major General Chen Wenrong, Deputy Commander of the Shandong Province Military Region and Commander of the Shandong Joint Air Defense Command. According to Chen, Shandong is the outpost of Beijing’s air defense system. It is responsible for both air defense early warning and air combat operations. The air defense forces at Shandong are composed of four parts, including coastal air defense, urban air defense, reserve air defense, and civic air defense forces. Besides the coastal air defenses, all three other parties have largely participated in the exercise.

Source: China Review News, August 6, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/0/6/8/101406894.html?coluid=4&kindid=16&docid=101406894&mdate=0807123052

China Review News (CRN) recently reviewed an article published by Global Times on recent US aggression at sea around China. The article believed that the U.S. is a country constantly at war. Without wars, the U.S. economy loses stimulation and the nation cannot unite its people. The military activities the US is now conducting in the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea are part of the strategy of building an “Asian NATO.” The author believes that China is becoming the center of the world’s wealth. China is strategic to U.S. financial profits. Meanwhile, China will in the end become an equal world super power. It is impossible to bear with the U.S. forever. Therefore, the article concluded,  China must draw a red line for the U.S. The US cannot endlessly coerce China into things and endlessly “plot” against China.

Source: China Review News, August 4, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/0/2/3/101402397.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101402397&mdate=0804001026

According to China Review News (http://www.chinareviewnews.com), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy conducted a live-ammunition training exercise in the South China Sea on July 26, 2010. The main destroyers of the three PLA Navy fleets, i.e., the North China Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea Fleets, participated in the exercise.

Since the news of the USS George Washington aircraft carrier coming to the Yellow Sea was released, the PLA has conducted several exercises. According to Liu Jiang-Ping, a famous Chinese military expert, the frequency and intensity of all of the exercises surpassed those done in the past.

Liu pointed out that the Chinese military has improved its capabilities in long-distance mobility, striking deep inside the enemy, and in combined arms combat operations in these military exercises in the coastal waters. This shows the PLA’s determination in resisting the enemy outside of its national borders and territorial waters.

Source: China Review News, July 30, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/9/7/3/101397327.html?coluid=45&kindid=0&docid=101397327&mdate=0730091515

The best approach for Chinese aircraft carriers is to break up any disputes, rather than “directly” partake in the process, according to a Huanqiu editorial.  

“Aircraft carriers cannot help solve the maritime security problems for China. A dozen of them would not do, let alone the rumored five or six. “ 
 

“We must be clear that it is unrealistic over a very long period of time to bring about the turning point of ‘China strong, U.S weak’ in the Pacific by building aircraft carriers. It is equally unrealistic to bring about a pro-China Asia by intimidating neighbors through a growing military force.”

Source: Huanqiu, July 30, 2010
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-07/971779.html

China Review News recently reported that, for the first time, the Chinese Army used the highway system to transport mechanized equipment. The Beijing Military Region was the one that managed this mission. Heavy equipment was loaded onto Rubble Wheel Heavy Equipment Transportation Vehicles with design capabilities of 555 kilometers. This latest type of vehicle has a maximum capacity of 50 tons. The equipment transported on this mission ranged from 12.8 tons to 38.5 tons. The mission did no damage the highway’s surface. Traditional Chinese Army land transportation methods are limited to equipment self-mobility, which damages the road, as well as railway transportation, which has a big range limitation of railway system coverage.

Source: China Review News, July 30, 2010
ttp://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/9/8/3/101398319.html?coluid=45&kindid=0&docid=101398319&mdate=0730232332