
SINO-US ‘SHADOW BOXING’ IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND YELLOW SEA
Towards the end of August, the US and South Korea on one hand and China on the other, have announced the conduct of naval exercises in the Yellow Sea and the adjoining waters, in assertion of their maritime rights and interests in the region.…

‘KUNLUNSHAN’ IN THE GULF OF ADEN – PLA NAVY CHANGES OPERATIONAL TACK?
The PLA Navy’s first indigenous Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ship of Yuzhao class named ‘Kunlunshan’ arrived in the Gulf of Aden on Jul 13, 2010 for its maiden overseas deployment. The ship, along with another destroyer ‘Lanzhou’…

CHINA CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY AMIDST TIGHT SECURITY: WHOM IS THE DRAGON AFRAID OF?
China celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding on October 01, 2009 with an awe-inspiring military parade, which set a record of sorts in the number and variety of parade elements, armaments and weapons systems that were put on display.…
