The following is the July 12, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Role in the World: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Category Archives: China
Experts Outline Costs, Benefits of Building a 355-Ship Navy Before Senate Panel
A crane moves the lower stern into place on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. on June 22, 2017. HII Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Spending more money now to increase the Navy’s fleet size will signal to potential adversaries their victory at sea is not possible, but accomplishing this is neither cheap nor quick, a quartet of experts told a Senate panel on Tuesday. Read More
Beijing Accuses U.S. Navy Surveillance Aircraft of Operating Unsafely; Repeats Call for U.S. to Stop Surveillance Flights Near China
A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II maritime patrol aircraft. US Navy Photo
Beijing accused a U.S. Navy surveillance plane of acting unsafely during a Sunday intercept by People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighters, according to state-controlled press. Read More
Experts Wary White House Could Trade Beijing South China Sea Concessions for Help With North Korea
Airstrip construction on the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea is pictured in this April 2, 2015.
While Southeast Asian nations take comfort from the Trump administration’s stated interest in the region, a Singapore-based international security expert said they still remain wary of the president turning their territorial disputes with China as a bargaining chip to pressure Beijing to rein in North Korea. Read More
Panel: Beijing Keeps Increasing Pressure on Taiwan to Join Mainland
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Beijing has ramped up diplomatic, economic and military pressure on Taipei to accept its “One China” point of view and it is driving the United States to better define what that means in Washington, experts on cross-straits relations said Thursday. Read More
Panel: North Korean ICBM Test Reduces Options for Washington, Beijing to Curb Pyongyang
North Korean KN-14 Launch on July 4, 2017. KCNA Photo
North Korea’s successful test of a missile capable of hitting the United States has dramatically limited the options Washington and Beijing have in reining in Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, two leading Chinese security analysts said Thursday. Read More
VIDEO: Chinese Carrier Liaoning Conducts Flight Operations
The following is footage released on July 3, 2017 of the Chinese carrier Liaoning conducting flight operations in the Western Pacific Ocean. Read More
China and Russia’s Joint Sea 2017 Baltic Naval Exercise Highlight a New Normal in Europe
Russian and Chinese troops shake hands during Exercise Joint-Sea 2015. Sputnik Photo
China and Russia planned exercise in the Baltic Sea is raising eyebrows in northern Europe, NATO headquarters and Washington. Read More
UPDATED: USS Stethem Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation Past Triton Island in South China Sea
USS Stethem (DDG-63) operating in the Pacific on March 22, 2017. US Navy Photo
This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet.
A U.S. destroyer came within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese holding in the South China Sea, a U.S. defense official told USNI News on Sunday morning. Read More
Document: Pentagon Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat Report
The following is the June 26, 2017 Pentagon report Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat Report from the Defense Intelligence Ballistic Missile Analysis Committee. Read More
