EDITORIAL—China’s Cyber Arsenal
China flatly denies accusations of cyber warfare, and has, instead, accused the United States of engaging in cyber warfare against it. However, China has...
Chinese Media System for Mass Control
China population is currently 1.4 billion. It is on the way to becoming one of the leading Superpowers. In 2013, China's economic growth rate...
Spreading the Narrative Through Youtube
The CCP believes that China's ability to tell the party's political story is still not commensurate with the country's rise and its current place...
Assessment of Military Reforms to Strengthen Party Control
Basic Structure Prior to the Reforms
The PLA is the Party's army. In China, the most important mission of the army is to bring and...
China’s Next-Gen Artificial Intelligence Development Plan (Part 1)
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Introduction
On July 20, China's State Council issued a seminal document, entitled “A Next Generation Artificial Intelligence...
Assessment of the PLA’s Joint Operations Capabilities
Evolution of the PLA's Joint Operations Concept
Based on the outcome of the Gulf War, the PLA started researching joint operations in earnest with informatized...
Recent Developments in PLA Navy Surface Combatants
Surface Combatants
Overview
China since the early 1990s has put into service numerous new classes of indigenously built surface combatants, including a new cruiser (or large...
Recent Developments in Chinese Aircraft Carriers and Aircraft
Overview
Compared with Liaoning and Shandong, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are larger (about 100,000 tons full load displacement), nuclear powered (giving them greater cruising endurance...
Recent Developments in Chinese Anti-Ship Missiles and Submarines
Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs)
China is fielding two types of land-based ballistic missiles with a capability of hitting ships at sea-the DF-21D, a road-mobile anti-ship...
Chinese Espionage Operations and Tactics – Part 1
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China's main espionage activities in the United States are the illegal export of military and dual...