The latest in China’s series of biannual defense white papers reiterated threats against Taiwan, gave questionably low defense budget numbers, and accused the U.S. of aggravating tensions with Beijing by referring to a “China threat.”
But the 91-page document, the fifth produced by China’s State Council since 1998, offered plenty of new detail as well.
“While still lacking transparency in many ways, this report is the most comprehensive and detailed official and public document on the Chinese armed forces yet,” said Bates Gill of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Andrew Yang, secretary-general of the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies here, said the Dec. 29 report more clearly identifies “priorities of modernization in weapon systems and force capability of each individual force.”
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