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Rear Admiral Demands China’s Share of Arctic Ocean Exploration

At the Third Session of the Eleventh Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo asked China not to fall behind on Arctic Ocean exploration. 

According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the North Pole and surrounding area are the common wealth of the world’s people and do not belonging to any country, said Yin Zhuo, a Rear Admiral and former President of the Chinese Naval Strategy Institute. Yin criticized that some countries are infringing upon other nations interests by fighting for sovereignty over the region, which reportedly has 9% of the world’s coal and a quarter of the global untapped oil and gas, together with abundant diamond, gold, uranium, and other resources. 
Having a belief in the future possibility of China’s regional war in the oceans, Yin proposed to establish a cross-agency commission focusing on strategic planning. 
Source: China News Service, March 5, 2010 
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/03-05/2154039.shtml

China to Become the No. One Military Power?

Liu Mingfu, a senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army and author of a new book titled "China’s Dream” reiterated in an recent interview that China must seek to rise to become the world’s number one military power. “We need the military to rise as well as the economy to rise.” “China’s military rise is an inevitable requirement of China’s national interest and an important guarantee when dealing with U.S. containment. China’s military rise is conducive to world peace, but will also help to change the serious imbalance in the world’s military structure.” According to a March 1 survey on the Global Times’ website, over 80% hold that China should seek to become the world’s number one super power.

Source: Xinhua, March 3, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-03/03/content_13087071.htm

Xinhua: Mr Gates’ comments confirmed Washington’s acceptance of China as a military superpower

Xinhua published a short news report on January 22, 2009, based on a longer article from Global Times, titled as “The US Defense Secretary Said the US Wants to Hold Arms Reduction Negotiations with China”.

Robert Gates, the US Defense Secretary, said in New Delhi on January 20 that the US wants to hold ‘Cold-War Style’ arms reduction negotiations with China to prevent possible military confrontations in the future. Xinhua further cited Mr. Gates’ words from the Telegraph.co.uk’s report on January 20: "I was involved in the strategic arms talks (with the USSR). …… That kind of dialogue with China would be most productive and in the interest of global security." Xinhua’ report concluded with Telegraph’s commentary: “Mr Gates’ comments confirmed Washington’s acceptance of China as a military superpower.”

Source: Xinhua, January 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-01/22/content_12854463.htm

Study Times: China Building Its Anti-Missile Defense System

Study Times published a long article praising China’s progress in developing its anti-missile defense system technology. It stated that Xinhua reported on January 11, 2010, that China had successfully conducted a midcourse anti-missile interception test. “Most importantly, (it showed that) China already has and is working on improving its missile early warning system.” It further stated that the successful interception test indicated that China has made significant achievements in anti-missile defense technology, including information processing, early detection and warning, interception weaponry, weapons transfer, guidance accuracy, and response speed. Prior to China, only the U.S. and Japan have done successful interception tests.

Source: Theory website, the website under Communist Party School’s publications, February 5, 2010
http://www.cntheory.com/news/XXSBRDGZ/2010/25/10251016126D252IC2GE34H0EKE506.html

Three Key Technologies of the US Air Force in the Next Two Decades

Xinhua recently republished an article by Chinese Youth, which referred to a report by the US magazine Air Force Times. The article suggested that the US Air Force is focusing on three key technologies: (1) Customizable systems; (2) Mini unmanned aircraft; and (3) “Super” supersonic planes or missiles (the Boeing X-51 Project). Also mentioned in the article were the four primary imaginary enemies: China, Islamic separatists, “loser countries” and Russia. The article stated that China will have the number one GDP by 2030. Hence the order makes sense.

Source: Xinhua, January 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-01/24/content_12864142.htm

Xinhua: Antimissile is China’s Required Course

Xinhua recently published an article detailing some of the aspects of the Chinese land based antimissile experiment successfully conducted on January 11. The experiment was a “mid-stage” interception, which refers to an exoatmospheric interception that happens in, roughly, outer space. The report described the basic flight lifecycle of an intercontinental missile. The “mid-stage” is the stage after the first level engine and the warhead separate. The report indicated that the United States immediately responded upon the completion of the experiment. The US response was believed to be a “side confirmation” of the success of the mission.

The report compared the experiment with the US GMD system, which is considered a strategic missile defense system instead of a tactical system represented by the Patriot antimissile system. Components of the GMD system such as EKV, GBI and the X-Band Radar were covered by the report. The article also briefly introduced India’s PAD system, which was based on Israeli technology.

Source: Xinhua, February 3, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-02/03/content_12924301.htm

Xinhua: New Observations of Western Media on the Chinese Military

Starting January 2010, Xinhua will publish a new column called "Foreign Media on the Chinese Military," with a listing of articles from Western media. The column is meant to show how foreign media report the Chinese military and the focus of such reports. For January 2010, Xinhua has identified 6 topic-areas of foreign reports about the Chinese military: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, China anti-missile tests, U.S.-China military ties, the China-India defense dialogue, Chinese space program, and F-11 equipment.

Source: Xinhua, February 1, 2010.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-02/01/content_12898530.htm

China’s Top Leaders Praised Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)

Before AVIC’s (Aviation Industries of China) annual summit, China’s top leaders instructed all top officials to praise AVIC for its great achievements in 2009. The leaders who praised AVIC include Hu Jintao, Politburo members Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, and He Guoqiang, Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Dejiang, State Council Member Liu Yandong, Deputy Chairman of Central Military Committee Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou, and many Department Ministers and heads of military departments.

AVIC’s achievements for 2009 were a sales revenue of 191 billion yuan (US$28.5 billion), a profit of 9.7 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion), a $1 billion dollars sale of 42 FC-1 planes to Pakistan, 10 M&As (merger and acquisitions), amd significant progress on developing plane models (produced models for 3 planes, 10 planes passed evaluation, 12 planes had first light, and initiated projects for 12 planes and 2 bombs).

Source:
1. China News Service, January 24, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/01-24/2088609.shtml
2. China Government Procurement website, January 21, 2010
http://www.ccgp.gov.cn/gysh/jdjx/xgbd/1097333.shtml