Dec 22, 2021

ITOW: China's Diplomacy in 2021

  

Dec 20, 2021

Sino-Russian Defense Cooperation’s Impact on Chinese Aerospace RD&A

We should not forget that in the “Era of Great Power Competition,” the United States has two peer “Strategic Competitors” and several others with whom we compete. When our two largest competitors, namely the People’s Republic of

Dec 13, 2021

China’s SJ-21 Framed as Demonstrating Growing On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) Capabilities

     China launched its most recent practice satellite ShiJian-21 (SJ-21) into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) on October 24, 2021, Beijing time and Chinese state media indicated the satellite would “test and verify debris

Dec 10, 2021

Commentary on ADIZ issues and the PRC

Dr. Mulvaney discusses increased flight activity by the PLA in the Taiwan ADIZ and in the South China Sea at the Habibie Center's Talking ASEAN Webinar on "Air Force Intrusions in the Indo-Pacific Airspace: Impacts on Regional

Dec 8, 2021

ITOW: Dialectics and the Study of Grand Strategy- A Chinese View

A little bit dated at this point, but still worth understanding how Chinese thinking evolves.  Written in 2002 and released by the PLA's Academy of Military Sciences. Click here for the full PDF in English

Dec 6, 2021

China's Spaceplane Program

Spaceplanes are one area in which China seeks to mimic or compete with U.S. technology. Inspired by the U.S. Space Shuttle and more recently by the Boeing X-37B orbital test vehicle, China has several ongoing projects to develop