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Why Russia chose India over China to develop T-50 stealth fighter ( Source- Want China Times)

Sukhoi PAK-FA ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons /  Alex Beltyukov) Source- Want China Times  While China is considered a key partner for Russia, Moscow is turning to India to jointly develop the T-50 fifth-generation stealth fighter to prevent Beijing from stealing its advanced technology, our sister paper Want Daily reports. China has had a reputation for stealing technology from Russia since the Cold War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, China became one of the chief buyers of Russian-built Su-27 fighters and Russia allowed the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation to open up a production line to build the fighter for both the PLA Air Force and Navy, which was known as J-11. China subsequently acquired a license from Russia to upgrade the J-11 into the more advanced J-11B. However, China became a potential challenger in the export market for military aircraft when it began to sell the aircraft to other nations. To avoid Chinese engineers back-engineeri
USS Lassen  ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/ United States Navy) Source- Want China Times President Xi Jinping of China is faced with a dilemma on how to respond to a US Navy vessel's patrol close to two reefs controlled by China in the disputed South China Sea, Ding Shuh-fan, director of the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University in Taipei said Tuesday. The USS Lassen sailed to waters within the 12 nautical mile territorial limit claimed by China around the artificial islands China has built on Subi and Mischief reefs earlier in the day in a challenge to China's territorial claims to uphold freedom of navigation. Ding said both China and the US will maintain their "fight without breaking" strategy, meaning exercising self-constraint to avoid further escalation of tensions while continuing to compete with each other. Ding said the US is fully justified in its action based on legal principles as the United Nations C

Stealing their Thunder: India to offer Tejas fighter to Sri Lanka ( Source- Want China Times)

HAL Tejas ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Subharnab) Source- Want China Times India plans to export its LCA Tejas multirole fighter to Sri Lanka to compete with the JF-17 Thunder or FC-1 Xiaolong multirole fighter developed jointly by China and Pakistan, according to a senior officials from Colombo, the Sunday Observer, an English-language weekly based in Colombo, reported on Oct. 25. Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala, commander of Sri Lanka Air Force, will visit Pakistan next month to learn more about the Thunder, as Sri Lanka wants new supersonic fighter jets to strengthen its air defense. However, air force officials said Bulathsinghala's visit to Pakistan is only a routine official visit. The nation has not made a final decision about purchasing the fighter from Pakistan. Pakistan and Myanmar are the only two operators of the JF-17, developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. Since China does not

S. China Sea tensions rise as US plans regional patrols ( Source- Want China Times)

South China sea ( Image credits- VOA) Source- Want China Times China-US relations appear to be heading down the wrong path after American military officials recently indicated that US ships and aircraft would be sent to disputed waters in the South China Sea notwithstanding China's territorial claims in the region, says Duowei News, a US-based Chinese political news outlet. "Make no mistake, we will fly, sail and operate wherever international law permits," said US defense secretary Ash Carter on Oct. 13, in response to a question about China's aggressive land reclamation activities in the South China Sea, where it is engaged in territorial disputes with countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines. "We will do that in the time and place of our choosing," he added. Carter's statements came a day after the New York Times reported that the US plans to conduct naval patrols within 12 nautical miles of China's man-made islands in t

China unable to defeat US in carrier battle: Russian expert ( Source- Want China Times)

PLAN Liaoning carrier battle group ( Credits- Internet Image) Source- Want China Times Konstantin Sivkov, a Russian defense analyst, said in his piece written for Moscow-based Military Parade that even as China speeds up the development of its first domestic aircraft carrier, it would still be unable to defeat the United States in a future carrier battle. Sivkov said that China had successfully changed the equipment aboard the Liaoning, the nation's first aircraft carrier introduced from Ukraine, to use domestic products. A Type 382 Sea Eagle S/C air-search radar which allows Liaoning to track 10 targets in the air simultaneously can be seen aboard the ship. It is also fitted with a set of four active electronically scanned array radar panels which give the Liaoning a very similar air defense capability to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, according to Sivkov. However, the Russian expert also said that China's air defense missiles can only intercept between f

India could rival China's economic growth in 2015 ( Source- Want China Times)

Bombay stock exchange ( Source- Wikimedia Commons /Author- Niyantha Shekhar) Source- Want China Times India's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) might surpass China's in 2015, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports Nihon Keizai Shimbum, a Japanese news outlet based in Tokyo, cited by Beijing-based Reference News. However, India has many issues to resolve in order to spread wealth across the whole country, the fund said. The IMF predicted that India's real GDP growth will be 7.5% in 2015, said the report. India's nominal GDP in 2015 will reach US$1,800 per capita, which is the same as China's GDP per capita was in 2005. India will see a shift from consumption-led growth to investment-led growth, according to the IMF. This transition will give India the chance to surpass China's predicted 6.8% growth in real GDP in 2015, according to Reference News. In terms of nominal GDP, however, China's growth figure will still

India a tough nut to crack for Chinese handset makers ( Source- Want China Times)

Source- Want China Times With the domestic market increasingly saturated, Chinese handset makers have turned their focus on India with its similarly huge population but it has proved a tough market to crack, according to a technology blog on web portal Sina. Although brands including ZTE, Huawei, Coolpad, Lenovo and Xiaomi have successfully snatched up the medium and low-end market in China from HTC and Samsung, they face tough home-grown rivals in India. Indian company Micromax recently clinched the No. 1 spot in its home market with a 22% market share, overtaking Samsung's dominance this year. Although Micromax's phones are mostly produced by Chinese contract manufacturers with chips supplied by China's Spreadtrum Communications, it knows the Indian market better and has products that are more price competitive than Chinese competitors, Sina said. In other words, local manufacturers are leveraging their knowledge of the domestic market in the same way

Slowing growth represents the 'Tiger test' for China ( Source- Want China Times)

Golden Resources Mall, China ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Frank Yu) Source- Want China Times Whenever any negative figures have been in seen in China's economic performance in recent years, all sides rush to provide extensive analysis as to just how hard the country's economic landing will be. A look back to the experience of Japan in the 1960s and the Asian Tigers in the 1970s reveals that slowing economic growth after a period of extremely rapid development is not necessarily such a terrible thing. Japan and the four Asian Tigers of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea have used the model of "manufacturing plus exports" to achieve dynamic growth but they also have encountered inevitable economic transformation brought about by the moving offshore of their labor-intensive manufacturing industries due to the rising domestic labor costs caused by their own success. Japan's average annual economic growth rate slowed from 10% in t

Image of China's twin-fuselage drone appears on internet ( Source- Want China Times)

Source- Internet Image Source- Want China Times China has revealed an image of its new twin-fuselage turbofan-powered unmanned aerial vehicle on the internet for the first time, US expert of Chinese military development Richard Fisher wrote for the UK-based IHS Jane's Defence Weekly on May 29. Known as "Project 973" or "Shen Diao," the drone is understood to have been designed by the 601 Institute of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. Earlier concept art of the drone showed a leading-edge mounted canard-wing configuration, apparently designed as a high-altitude near space vehicle to carry out surveillance, cuing and communication missions. However, the first actual photo of the drone from the Chinese website showed that the drone has two bulbous-nosed fuselages while the canard wing is mounted between them but not at the leading edge. Meanwhile, it is fitted with a much longer high-aspect ratio wing mounted aft. An apparent high-bypass turbofan

Rival claimants in S China Sea will not leave Beijing unchallenged ( Source- Want China Times)

Image credits- Reuters Source- Want China Times Tensions are high in the South China Sea with the US stating that it may patrol disputed areas in the region after a P8 Poseidon aircraft patrolled the skies over Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratlys, leading to an exchange of words between Beijing and Washington, according to Duowei News, a media outlet run by overseas Chinese. Other claimants are also building up their naval forces, leading to fears that open conflict may be imminent in the region. The most vocal rival to China is the Philippines, which has openly requested military aid from the US and has discussed joint action with Japan on the South China Sea issue as well as taking its case to the UN for arbitration. Military Build-up By 2020, the average military spending of Southeast Asian countries will increase from the current US$42 billion to US$58 billion, according to the UK's IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Beijing's acceleration of land reclama

11 countries upgrade naval power amid South China Sea tensions ( Source- Want China Times)

PLAN Type-54A Frigate ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Bruno Corpet) Source- Want China Times No fewer than 11 countries are upgrading their navies amid escalating tensions in the South China Sea, reports our Chinese-language sister paper China Times. As could be expected, China and the United States are leading the charge. China's submarine fleet is expected to match that of the US by 2020 — in numbers, at least — with 78 subs. Many are to be stationed at the Yulin Naval Base along the southern coast of Hainan. Despite continuing to increase its military budget every year, China's national defense spending still pales in comparison to the United States. The latest statistics from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute say the United States remains by far the world's top military spender, with its US$665 billion defense budget equal to the total of the next seven countries behind it on the list. US military expenditure is still thr

Beijing building 'Chinese Maldives' in disputed Paracels ( Source- Want China Times)

Image credits- Xinhua Source- Want China Times China is seeking to create its own version of the Maldives in the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, reports Hong Kong's Oriental Daily. To boost local tourism, China has already begun a series of constructions on several islands and reefs in the Crescent Group of the Paracels, which are controlled by China but also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. According to mainland reports, Drummond island will have a new rescue center, a fishermen settlement and infrastructure to provide wireless internet. Various types of machinery and construction equipment have already been transported to the island along with dozens of workers, reports added. A Chinese official was quoted as saying that construction of basic ports will commence on five islands and reefs in the Crescent Group this year, and that each island will have its own distinguishing characteristic. For example, Antelope Reef will focus on cultivatin

Japan may give military support to US in South China Sea: Duowei ( Source- Want China Times)

Source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- United States Marine Corps By Lance Caption Kevin M. Knallay Source- Want China Times Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party held negotiations over a new amendment to the US-Japan Security Treaty on March 20, according to Duowei News, a media outlet run by overseas Chinese. The amendment is expected to grant Japan the right to collective self-defense and will provide a legal framework for the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) to provide back up for the US military and the militaries of its other allies. There are currently measures in place which prevent the dispatch of the JSDF overseas. The government is drawing up a draft bill to change this, however, at the same time as it is renegotiating its security treaty with the US. China and other neighboring countries engaged in territorial disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea were the focus of the negotiations on March 20. The negotiations suggest t

US Navy can be defeated by China: Global Times ( Source- Want China Times)

Chinese Air Craft Carrier Liaoning-CV16 ( Image credits- Internet Pic) Source- Want China Times In response to a New York Times pieces by Gregg Easterbrook on March 9, China's nationalist tabloid the Global Times, wrote a commentary of its own, saying that China is capable of defeating the US Navy in the Western Pacific with anti-ship missiles built at low prices. In Easterbrook's article, he said that China currently possesses only one outdated, conventionally-powered aircraft carrier and is rumored to be constructing two others. However, neither of those two vessels are likely to be nuclear supercarriers according to the author. Also, Easterbrook questions whether those two domestic carriers have "blue water" or open ocean-going capabilities. He said that the US Navy is more powerful than all other navies in the world combined in terms of aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, naval aviation, surface firepower, assault ships, missiles and logistics

Cruise missile DH-10 among the deadliest: Popular Science ( Source- Want China Times)

Credits- Internet Image Source- Want China Times The cruise missile DH-10 may be China's deadliest, stealthiest weapon, according to a report from US monthly Popular Science. The missile deserves much more attention than the DF-15 and DF-21, two of China's ballistic missiles, said the report. The PLA could attack Pacific targets, such as Hawaii, with the missile if it is carried by an H-6K bomber. The Chinese military could also attack a target across 90% of the world's land mass if the missile was launched from a 052D guided missile destroyer and Type 0930A nuclear attack submarine. The 1-1.5 ton missile, debuted during China's National Day Parade in 2009, has an attack range of 2,500km and can hit targets as small as a garage door, said the report. The variety of payloads that can be loaded into the missile is one of its greatest strengths. It can carry, for example, 500kg of highly explosive warheads, submunitions, nuclear warheads and fuel air

Satellite image shows Chinese airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef ( Source- Want China Times)

Image credits- Xinhua Source- Want China Times Despite opposition from the United States and the Philippines, China has begun to build an airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed South China Sea, according to a satellite image released recently, the Shanghai-based Guancha Syndicate reports. Jen Psaki, spokeswoman for the US Department of State, openly criticized China's extensive land reclamation in South China Sea at a press conference on March 9, saying it is causing great anxiety among neighboring countries in the Southeast Asia who are concerned that China plans to establish military facilities on reclaimed islands and reefs for the People's Liberation Army to more strongly assert its dominance over the disputed region, which China claims in its entirety. The satellite image taken on March 10 shows a grey straight line on the northeast corner of Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratlys, known as Yongshu Reef in Chinese. The size of a lake on the island is also

PLA official confirms 2nd aircraft carrier under construction ( Source- Want China Times)

Liaoning CV-16 ( Image credits- USNi) Source- Want China Times A People's Liberation Army Navy official has confirmed for the first time that China is building its second aircraft carrier, reports Duowei News, a US-based Chinese political news outlet. Ding Haichun, a deputy political commissar of the PLA Navy, acknowledged during an interview with Hong Kong media on March 8 that China's second aircraft carrier is currently under construction and will be more advanced than the country's first carrier, the Liaoning, which was retrofitted from the Soviet-era carrier Varyag and commissioned in September 2012. Once the industrial manufacturing department has completed construction, the carrier will be handed over to the PLA Navy to commence training, Ding said. Naval power and electrical engineering specialist Ma Weiming added that China's catapult launch technology has absolutely no problems and can compete with that of the United States. When ques

PLA Type 096 submarine can carry 24 missiles ( Source- Want China Times)

PLAN Type 96 Class SSBN ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Author- In the Picture) Source- Want China Times China's new Type 096 Tang-class ballistic missile submarine, thought to be in development, may become a serious threat to the United States in the Western Pacific, as it is estimated to be able to carry 24 missiles according to Russian Military Analyst based in Moscow. An article titled China's Nuclear Potential published on Dec. 30 said that it will still takes decades for China to establish sufficient second strike capability. However, China takes much less time to develop its nuclear forces than most Western observers had previously thought. Currently, the People's Liberation Army Air Force still relies on H-6K bombers and Q-5 attackers to conduct nuclear strikes. While Q-5 attackers have been slowly replaced by the more advanced JH-7A, China is unlikely to develop a new stealth bomber to take H-6K's place in the near future, the article sai

Vietnam's ballistic missile can strike southern China: Kanwa ( Source- The Want China Times)

Kilo Class Submarine ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/ Author- Ria Novosti) Source- The Want China Times With an attacking range of 280 kilometers, the Vietnamese navy's 3M-14E Klub-S submarine-launched ballistic missile can be used against China's Hainan and Guangdong provinces when launched from southern Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, military analyst Andrei Chang, also known as Pinkov, wrote in an article for the Kanwa Defense Review, a Chinese-language military magazine based in Canada. The purchase of 3M-14E ballistic missiles from Russia makes Vietnam's six Kilo-class 636MV submarines more powerful than their Chinese counterparts. Pinkov said the 3M-14E is only allowed to be exported to Algeria, India and Vietnam. It is not allowed to be installed aboard China's Kilo-class MV submarines yet. In a war between China and Vietnam, the Vietnamese navy is very likely to use the submarines in the vanguard against the PLA Navy. The Vietnamese subs have also u