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According to Xinhua, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) held a Forum on Party Development on July 22, 2010. On July 24, Hu Jintao, the CPC Central Committee General Secretary, China’s State Chairman and the Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman, met with representatives of the participants of the Party Development Forum.

“Hu Jintao stressed that strengthening and improving the Party’s development in the armed forces under the new situation is an important part of the complete project for advancing development of the Party, a new great project. It is an important political task related to the overall building and development of the army.”

Source: Xinhua, July 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-07/24/c_12368998.htm

On July 20, 2010, China News Service (CNS) (http://www.chinanews.com.cn/), a state-level news agency in China, published an article which cited content from Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao newspaper (www.takungpao.com). The article was about China’s first military exercises from July 17 to July 18 giving emergency support to guarantee wartime marine transportation and weapon delivery in the Yellow Sea.

“It is generally believed that the exercise is a response to the U.S. and South Korea military exercises in the Yellow Sea.”

“China sent a strong and clear signal:  China’s increased national strength cannot be stopped. China must maintain a peaceful radius and no one can approach close to China.”

Source: China News Service (CNS), July 20, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hb/2010/07-20/2413602.shtml

According to a South China Morning Post report that was republished by the Global Times, the PLA has established its first network warfare center, called the Information Protection Center. This center is directly under the General Staff Department and will command all the Internet-based strategic information centers throughout all PLA units. It is the first time that the PLA confirmed it has developed a network warfare strategy. Some believe the strategy has shifted from the information protection of the past to developing network warfare.

The PLA also published a rule that prohibits its 2.3 million soldiers from creating web pages and blogs, entering the online community, and using online chatting and dating services, even when on vacation.

Source: Global Times, July 25, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/eyes_on_china/economy/2010-07/956140.html

On July 24, the Deputy Chairman of Central Military Committee, Xu Caihou, stressed continuing to improve the level of the party’s development in the military. Xu said the Chinese army is created by the CCP. Upholding the party’s absolute leadership over the military is the fundamental principle and eternal spirit of the PLA. The party development in the military should resolutely follow Hu Jintao’s instructions. Xu made this statement at the Conference on Party Development in the Military.

Source: Xinhua, July 25, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-07/25/content_13913056.htm

Xinhua reported that competition for world market of the global position system will ultimately be between the U.S. GPS and China’s Beidou satellite navigation system. “While the U.S. Global Positioning System remains the most mature and the most profitable GPS, according to authoritative estimates, by 2020 China will have taken at least one third of the global market.” “Experts said it is inevitable that the competition for dominance in the global positioning system market will be fought between the U.S. and China.”
 
Xinhua suggests that “The future of Europe’s Galileo and Russia’s GLONASS is difficult to predict due to funding and political reasons.”

Source: Xinhua, July 14, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-07/14/content_13859824.htm

China Review News recently published a review of an article discussing the strategy behind the U.S. use of its aircraft carriers. The article expressed that there are four reasons for the U.S. to send its carriers: (1) pushing China to buy more US bonds; (2) using war threats to hammer China’s development; (3) reducing US debt pressure; (4) confirming that China doesn’t dare to start a war. The author emphasized that the U.S. heavily manipulates nearly all of the problems that trouble China today, such as issues regarding Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, India, Vietnam, the South China Sea, Mid-Asia, and Falun Gong, etc. He sees the ultimate way to resolve China’s problems as being to weaken the U.S. The author further suggested that the right way to handle the U.S. carrier situation is to sink the carriers that are currently having a joint naval exercise with South Korea in the Yellow Sea.

Source: China Review News, July 3, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/7/1/0/101371042.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101371042&mdate=0703100742

From June 30 to July 5, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy conducted a live ammunition drill in the East China Sea. On July 5, 2010, China Review News published an article titled “The PLA’s Drill in the East China Sea – Three Gains with One Effort.” Below is a summary of the gains:

1. Send a clear signal that the Yellow Sea is not America’s backyard garden and China does not fear the threat from the U.S. and South Korea joint military exercise.

2. When America’s aircraft carrier enters the waters of the Yellow Sea, the PLA drilling fleet can use it as the best exercise target to achieve the drilling effect that is impossible to achieve during a routine training.

3. Grab the opportunity to strengthen China’s national status.

Source: China Review News, July 05, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/7/3/5/101373575.html?coluid=4&kindid=18&docid=101373575&mdate=0705220928 

During an interview with Phoenix TV, Luo Yuan, a PLA Major General, suggested that China should take a tough stance against the US aircraft carrier Washington visiting Korea for a military drill. The interview script was posted on the Phoenix Website. “PLA Major General: If it Comes to the Yellow Sea, the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Will be Our Live Target.”

Luo Yuan: “… but China is not a fish. History shows that China is not a fish moving at the will of others. It is a tiger.”

TV Hostess: “It is a dragon.”

Luo Yuang.: “It is a lion. I am saying this from the perspective of safeguarding the situation in the Korean peninsula. We will launch a tough response.”

Source: Phoenix TV, July 5, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/mil/special/hehangmu/content-1/detail_2010_07/05/1721560_0.shtml