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The author reflects on China's new white paper on defense. He says that the National Defense paper is an elaborate effort by Chinese authorities to persuade the West that it is serious about improving military transparency and that there is no basis to the China threat theory. He adds that details revealed by the paper seem to confirm fears in many quarters about China's increasingly aggressive power projection worldwide. He mentions the People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Communist Party.

The article reports on the live-fire military drill along the southeast coast of China. The military exercise is considered as the country's response to the 2013 Defense White Paper issued by Japan identifying the country and North Korea as major regional challenges to the security of Japan. The country calls Japan to stop provoking it with regards to the disputed Senkaku islands.

The article reports updates regarding the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China. It notes National Defense's White Paper, which indicates that PLA's ground forces which consist of 850,000 officers, while the Navy and Air Force have 235,000 and 398,000 personnel, respectively. The White Paper also outlines the country's commitment of expanding the defense and aerospace industries, and leveraging their capabilities.

The recent visit of China's foreign minister to Australia has shown a stabilization of the bilateral relationship, but also a misalignment in long-term goals. China aims to move beyond stabilization and expects a less hostile approach from Australia, while the Australian government sees stabilization as an end point. The visit was seen as a positive step in dialogue and cooperation, but there are concerns about the longevity of the stabilization policy. The Australian government is also taking steps to address non-kinetic threats from China, such as cyber activity and foreign interference. The economic relationship between the two countries remains strong, but there are calls for trade diversification and supply chain resilience. The future of Australia-China relations is uncertain, with domestic and external pressures complicating the situation. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the U.S. National Defense University (NDU) report citing transparency in Chinese military. According to the report, there has been a modest but gradual increase in transparency in the Chinese military policies since 1998 to 2008. As stated, the report is in stark contrast to statements given by senior defense and military officials and Asian nations like Japan.

The article focuses on China's annual nuclear defense white paper. It states that the U.S. is the major threat facing that country. China also views a number of security issues related to energy and other non-military areas as threats. China believes that the U.S. could cripple it by disrupting oil shipments from the Middle East during a conflict. The report criticized the U.S. for accelerating its realignment of military deployment to enhance its military capability in the Asia-Pacific region.

BEIJING -- The Chinese military said Thursday that while the security situation in Asia and the Pacific was generally stable, it was becoming ''more intricate and volatile,'' with no clear solutions for tension points like the divided Korean Peninsula and with the United States increasing its involvement in regional issues. The military's vision was laid out in a national defense white paper, a document published every two years since 1998. The paper tried to walk a line between trumpeting the modernization efforts of the Chinese military and assuaging the fears of foreign governments and analysts that the fast-growing People's Liberation Army would be used for expansionist purposes or regional dominance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China said Tuesday that it faces threats from independence movements related to Taiwan, Tibet and the western desert region of Xinjiang, and that American arms sales to Taiwan jeopardize stability in Asia. The assessment came in a white paper on national defense released by the State Council, China's cabinet. The paper said that ''China's security situation has improved steadily,'' but that ''being in a stage of economic and social transition, China is encountering many new circumstances and new issues in maintaining social stability.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article criticizes China's messages about its military buildup as it presents supposedly five false messages in its defense white paper "China's National Defense in 2010" according to the U.S. Defense Department in 2011. It believes that China is not being transparent by understating its defense spending. China's anti-space weaponization view allegedly makes no mention of its 2007 direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test which destroyed its own satellite in space. China is deemed the world's biggest supplier of weapons of mass destruction.

Discusses the case of Tsien Hsue-shen, a Chinese-born rocket scientist who studied and worked in the United States until he was accused of communism and returned to China in 1950. Parallels to the case of Wen Ho Lee, a Taiwanese-born scientist who was under similar scrutiny in the U.S. in 2000; Tsien Hsue-shen's eventual role in developing China's ballistic missile program; Ongoing lack of surety as to whether he was inaccurately targeted as a communist before his return to China; Information on U.S. national security concerns.

The article reports on the release of the revised regulation on national defense and military construction in China, ordered by President Hu Jintao. It indicates that Jintao's revised regulation aims to strengthen the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Moreover, it mentions that the new regulation will be published in a book titled "The Party," by journalist Richard McGregor.

The article reports on the renewal of the diplomacy between Taiwan and Mainland, China. The short-range missiles targeted at Taiwan and Beijing's refusal had made military to pledge and consider a renegade province. This is in association between the country's prosperous trade and investment relationship, which has meant so much in transfer of technological and managerial resources contributing to Mainland China's boom.