J-20 had its first flight, what now?
This past week, all of the Chinese forums and aviation forums online were left buzzing with pictures and videos of the first flight of J-20. At the same time, news…
Some thoughts about the growing US/China rivalry
As President Hu Jintao visits USA this week, I have seen a wave of articles about China vs US. They often try to explore the following the following subjects:1) Has…
The present and the future direction of J-10
As readers of this blog probably know, I have been a fan of J-10 for a long time. In many ways, the J-10 project marked a turning point in Chinese…
China's military budget for 2011 + Jasmine Revolution
As you guys probably have heard by now, China is planning to raise its military budget for 2011 by 12.7% (or 12.6% in other reports). You can see CNN’s piece…
Some props to Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
As most of you guys know, the two biggest aircraft makers in AVIC-I are Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. Both of these aircraft corporations also have civilian/military aircraft…
Is J-15 a game changer?
I often see articles on the web warning of the impending Chinese naval power and the impact on American’s naval dominance. I find most of them to be badly written…
What Varyag means
As I’m sure everyone have heard by now, Varyag began sea trials 2 days ago. We have not seen pictures of its sea trial, but have seen pictures of the…
China and Vietnam
This is the second part in my series to talk about what I gathered from the recent readings. Since last year, there have been increased amount of noise from ASEAN…
China/Russia military cooperation
This is the part 3 in the series of reviewing the content of the recent book that I read. In the past, I have often been harsh toward the recent…