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  • CASI Participates in the CAPS-RAND-NDU Conference on PLA

    Dr. Mulvaney and Mr. Allen were both invited to be speakers at the annual CAPS-RAND-NDU confernce, which was held in Taipei this year.  This year's conference focused on the continuing PLA Reforms.Conference participants, including Mr. Allen and Dr. Mulvaney, with Defense Minister Feng.  

  • PLAAF Reogranization renaming continues

    One of our translators just found an article from the 24 July 2017 Kongjun Bao about an Eastern Theater Command Air Force air brigade that has a Staff Department instead of a Headquarters Department.So it looks like the change has gone down to at least the division and brigade levels now, which

  • China's future satellite navigation will be millimeter-accurate

     Full report and graphics: https://www.popsci.com/china-beidou-3-satellite-navigation-systemThe Beidou 3 will guide military munitions and drones.BBEIDOU LAUNCHThe Beidou satellite is usually launched by LM-3 space launch vehicles.by78China's military is updating its satellite navigation system,

  • U.S. Intelligence Sees China's Military Expanding Bases Globally

    China’s first overseas military base in the small African country of Djibouti is “probably the first of many” the country intends to build around the world, which could bring its interests into conflict with the U.S., according to American intelligence officials.  “China has the fastest-modernizing

  • Hypersonic Missile Nonproliferation

    Hypersonic missiles — specifically hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles — are a new class of threat because they are capable both of maneuvering and of flying faster than 5,000 kilometers per hour. These features enable such missiles to penetrate most missile defenses and to

  • China Leadership Monitor #54

    The Hoover Institution announces that issue no. 54 of the China Leadership Monitor is available online. 

  • Chinese Military Diplomacy, 2003–2016: Trends and Implications

    NDU’s Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs is pleased to announce the publication of China Strategic Perspectives 11: Chinese Military Diplomacy, 2003–2016: Trends and Implications by Kenneth Allen, Phillip C. Saunders, and John Chen. This monograph, originally presented at the

  • China’s military ordered to pledge total loyalty to Xi

    BLUF: if the report is correct that the PLA has been ordered to pledge loyalty to XI himself, rather than in his role as CMC Chairman, this would be very significant.China’s military ordered to pledge total loyalty to XiAgence France-Presse, Nov. 6 | Not Attributed BEIJING -- China's military has

  • Chinese air force signs commercial agreement with logistics companies

    http://eng.mod.gov.cn/news/2017-10/26/content_4795863.htmBEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force will cooperate with five Chinese non-military companies to upgrade civil-military logistics integration, according to an agreement between the companies and the PLA air

  • The Chinese Communists' New Politburo Standing Committee

    Crowned for a second term as Communist Party general secretary, and with his "Thought" and signature policies enshrined in the party constitution, Xi Jinping on October 25 introduced the other six members of the Politburo Standing Committee, who, with Xi, will lead China over the next five years.

  • Exponential industrialization of space

    Strategic Clarity:  Exponential industrialization of space is more important than combat lasers and hypersonic fightersThis author takes the same position as the Air University Space Horizons

  • China & Grand Strategy

    China still lacks a grand strategyThe Chinese Communist Party Congress in October will indicate whether China has departed from its ‘peaceful rise’ in favour of an ambitious grand strategy.China’s one-party government is often noted for its ability to take a long-term strategic outlook, in contrast

  • CASI Conference 2018

    CASI intends to hold its 2018 conference in Mid-May, likely Friday the 18th, 2018, in the D.C. area, likely at National Defense University.We are still working on the details, speakers, and logistics, so please check back often for details.  We will publish them here as they become available.Likely

  • Supporting Infrastructure Project

    As part of our 2017-18 research plan, CASI has a project researching the foundations of the Aerospace Industrial Base in China.  If you have information you feel would be relevant, or would like information about the project once it is completed (expected late summer 2018), please contact us. 

  • China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) Mission

            "Everything that Flies"   MissionThe mission of CASI is to advance understanding of the strategy, doctrine, operating concepts, capabilities, personnel, training, organization, of China’s aerospace forces and the civilian and commercial infrastructure that supports them. By studying “