Xinhua – The navies of China and the United States held a search-and-rescue exercise on the South China Sea on Sunday morning.
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Washington Times – Navy officials confirmed that an aircraft carrier battle group failed to detect a Chinese submarine that surfaced within weapons range of the USS Kitty Hawk.

Washington Times – Admiral says sub risked a shootout.
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Washington Times – A Chinese submarine stalked the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected.

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Xinhua – The Chinese Navy makes a port call at San Diego.
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Reuters – The Chinese and US navies are exercising off of Hawaii.
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Deutsche Presse Agentur – China has taken delivery of a fourth Sovremenny- class destroyer acquired from Russia.
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Xinhua – The medical detachment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held a seven-day exercise under the complicated circumstances of a maritime battlefield.
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US Naval War College Review – A new and much more capable Chinese navy, especially its submarine force, is being acquired and deployed. It is not yet mature, but its rapid and impressive modernization is making it a navy that is arguably the only one that the U.S. Navy must deter or be able to defeatóunless, under other circumstances, it becomes a high-seas partner.

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Defense and the National Interest – William Lind comments on the Defense Departmentís annual report to Congress, Military Power of the Peopleís Republic of China, 2006.
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Imaging Notes – An exclusive preview of Chinaís limited nuclear capabilities, the full report of which will be published by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Federation of American Scientists later this year. The story features a first look at Chinaís nuclear submarine, the Xia, and shows how commercial remote sensing can unwrap some of the mysteries of countries and regions in the world to which we have limited access.
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Taipei Times – Chinese leaders are acutely conscious of the sea’s importance to their country’s economic development and, indirectly, to their political survival. They have come to view defending the sea lanes where merchant ships haul the oil, gas and other raw materials needed to fuel the economy as a vital national interest. China is less and less content to entrust its interests at sea to the uncertain goodwill of the US, its rival for regional pre-eminence and Asia’s long-time guardian of maritime security.

Accordingly, China has embarked on an assertive foreign policy in Southeast and South Asia, which adjoin the sea lines of communication connecting Chinese seaports with the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Its strategy: to build up sea power, measured in ships, bases and alliances.
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APP – Two Chinese Navy ships arrived to carry out first-ever joint exercise with the Pakistan Navy outside the Chinese territorial waters.
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Washington Post – Another look at the threat posed by China’s military rise.
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Power and Interest News Report – A number of advanced warships will gradually come into service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (P.L.A.N.) in the next two years. The bulk of these ships will belong to two new guided missile destroyer classes called 052B and 052C. The 052C will be fitted with an advanced integrated air defense system, supposedly similar to the U.S. Aegis phased-array radar display, with a high capability to engage multiple targets simultaneously.

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New York Times – In a muscular display of its rising military and economic might, China deployed a fleet of five warships on Friday near a gas field in the East China Sea, a potentially resource-rich area that is disputed by China and Japan.
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Washinton Times – The new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Gary Roughhead, an interested onlooker of the joint Chinese-Russian military maneuvers during the past eight days, has posed a critical question about the rapidly modernizing Chinese navy: “What do [the Chinese] see as the intended use of that navy? “
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NPR – The Chinese Navy is repairing an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, according to media reports. While it would require more work to make it functional, the vessel would be China’s first carrier. Michele Norris talks with Andrew Koch of Jane’s Defence Weekly.

Koch and his colleague Yihong Chang report this week on repairs that China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is making to the carrier Varyag. In images obtained by Jane’s, workers at the Chinese Dalian Shipyard appear to have repainted the Varyag in the country’s military colors.

The ship, built in the 1980s, was auctioned by Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. It was purchased by a Hong Kong company, with the stated purpose of creating a hotel and resort craft.
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Chicago Tribune – A just-released Pentagon report to Congress carries a strong warning that China’s rapidly expanding and improving submarine fleet poses a mounting military threat to the United States.
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Reuters – China’s military modernisation, including apparent plans for a deep-water navy, needs to be monitored closely to determine whether it exceeds requirements for self-defence, a Japanese defence report said on Tuesday.
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Washington Post – China’s military buildup is broadening the reach of its forces in Asia and poses a long-term threat not only to Taiwan but to the U.S. military in the Pacific and to regional powers such as India and Japan, according to an assessment released yesterday by the Pentagon.
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Washington Times – A new intelligence report states that the US has missed a Chinese naval buildup over the last 10 years.
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Agence France Presse – Did the damaged Chinese submarine catch fire while submerged?
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Agence France Press – A Chinese navy submarine has been damaged during exercises in the South China Sea, Beijing said Tuesday, but officials refused to say whether there were any casualties.
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Washington Post – A top-to-bottom modernization is transforming the Chinese military, raising the stakes for U.S. forces long dominant in the Pacific.
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New York Times – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that the Pentagon was closely monitoring the growth of China’s navy as part of that country’s overall military buildup.
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