The Chinese Air Force's First Steps Toward Becoming an Expeditionary Air Force

Garafola, Cristina L.; Heath, Timothy R.

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“…120 A lack of overseas bases, together with longstanding deªciencies in strategic lift capabilities to deliver PLA forces in time and at scale, constrain the PLA's capacity to conduct such operations effectively. 121 These acknowledged shortfalls motivate Chinese military planners to seek fuller utilization of commercial ports to execute their mission to protect China's overseas interests. 122 Chinese strategists and ofªcials are aware of how other states use maritime power to mitigate threats to their overseas interests.…”

Section: New Overseas Interests and Military Missionsmentioning

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Pier Competitor: China's Power Position in Global Ports

Kardon¹,

Leutert²

2022

International Security

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China is a leader in the global transportation industry, with an especially significant position in ocean ports. A mapping of every ocean port outside of China reveals that Chinese firms own or operate terminal assets in ninety-six ports in fifty-three countries. An original dataset of Chinese firms' overseas port holdings documents the geographic distribution, ownership, and operational characteristics of these ports. What are the international security implications of China's global port expansion? An investigation of Chinese firms' ties to the Party-state reveals multiple mechanisms by which the Chinese leadership may direct the use of commercial port assets for strategic purposes. International port terminals that Chinese firms own and operate already provide dual-use capabilities to the People's Liberation Army during peacetime, establishing logistics and intelligence networks that materially enable China to project power into critical regions worldwide. But this form of networked state power is limited in wartime because it depends on commercial facilities in non-allied states. By providing evidence that overseas bases are not the sole index of global power projection capabilities, findings advance research on the identification and measurement of sources of national power. China's leveraging of PRC firms' transnational commercial port network constitutes an underappreciated but consequential form of state power projection.

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Pier Competitor: China's Power Position in Global Ports

Kardon¹,

Leutert²

2022

International Security

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“…However, Chinese sources have complained in the past about the difficulty of bringing extra equipment overseas and adapting incompatible equipment to ensure operational success, even for an exercise in Russia. 144…”

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The People's Liberation Army's Search for Overseas Basing and Access: A Framework to Assess Potential Host Nations

2022

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This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of a project entitled Alternative Futures for Competition with China: The PLA Goes Global, sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific. The purpose of the project was to assess China's development of basing, access, and military capabilities that will allow it to project power beyond the Indo-Pacific region and examine the implications for the U.S. Army as it prepares to compete with China in a global context over the next ten to 20 years.This research was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program. RAND Arroyo Center, part of the RAND Corporation, is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the United States Army.RAND operates under a "Federal-Wide Assurance" (FWA00003425) and complies with the Code of Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects Under United States Law (45 CFR 46), also known as "the Common Rule," as well as with the implementation guidance set forth in DoD Instruction 3216.02.

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“…In more-recent years, scholars have reached mixed conclusions regarding the role that Xi Jinping's personality and leadership style has played in intervention decisions. It is possible that Xi's political style has mattered to the character of some interventions, including a more aggressive and more coercive defense of Chinese interests in the South 37 Garafola andHeath, 2017, p. 30. 38 Zhai, 2000, p. 146.…”

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Kavanagh¹,

Frederick²,

Chandler³

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The Chinese Air Force's First Steps Toward Becoming an Expeditionary Air Force

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Pier Competitor: China's Power Position in Global Ports

Pier Competitor: China's Power Position in Global Ports

The People's Liberation Army's Search for Overseas Basing and Access: A Framework to Assess Potential Host Nations

Anticipating Adversary Military Interventions

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