{"id":4033,"date":"2018-08-14T22:45:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T22:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4033"},"modified":"2018-08-14T22:45:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T22:45:37","slug":"chinas-military-capabilities-are-booming-but-does-its-defense-industry-mirror-that-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/08\/14\/chinas-military-capabilities-are-booming-but-does-its-defense-industry-mirror-that-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA\u2019S MILITARY CAPABILITIES ARE BOOMING BUT DOES ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRY MIRROR THAT TREND?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3620\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--768x377.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--560x275.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--260x128.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/05\/chinese-carrier--160x79.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Defense News<\/p>\n<p>By: Mike Yeo<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s massive military modernization program over the past two decades has been matched to a large degree by a parallel development in its state-owned military-industrial base, and that trend is set to continue as China continues it efforts to build up its forces to challenge U.S. military primacy in the western Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Despite accusations that a lot of the technology has been acquired through espionage or outright intellectual property theft, there is no question that China\u2019s military might has taken a big leap in capabilities since the turn of the century as it has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>This buildup is most evident at sea, where the ships of the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, are frequently encountered by the navies of China\u2019s neighbors at sea in greater numbers at longer and longer distances from China\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n<p>They have also been appearing frequently at or near the disputed reefs and features in the South China Sea, which China has reclaimed and turned into military outposts. The country has regularly challenged U.S. military ships in the area and harassed those from the rival claimants of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/top-100\/2018\/08\/14\/chinas-military-capabilities-are-booming-but-does-its-defense-industry-mirror-that-trend\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=Socialflow+DFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Defense News By: Mike Yeo China\u2019s massive military modernization program over the past two decades has been matched to a large degree by a parallel development in its state-owned military-industrial base, and that trend is set to continue as China continues it efforts to build up its forces to challenge U.S. military primacy in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/08\/14\/chinas-military-capabilities-are-booming-but-does-its-defense-industry-mirror-that-trend\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CHINA\u2019S MILITARY CAPABILITIES ARE BOOMING BUT DOES ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRY MIRROR THAT TREND?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4034,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033\/revisions\/4034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}