'The Chinese are steamrolling ahead': Beijing's new-look military might

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'China's navy is receiving warships so quickly that Chinese sources liken this to dumping dumplings into soup broth.' 9News

which he leads, reducing the number of members and solidifying his control.

Washington says it aims to maintain a worldwide reach for its military to protect allies and American interests internationally.Zhang Yesui, the National People's Congress spokesman, on Monday afternoon told reporters: "China's limited defense spending, which is for safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, poses no threat to any other country.

The major scenarios that China's military cares about could be called "home games, rather than away games," Erickson said. Beijing has, however, rapidly produced Jiangdao-class corvettes, a small warship generally best suited to fighting close to home. A said this move was designed with an eye to "littoral" combat, or fighting close to China's shores.

 

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