The Chinese navy : expanding capabilities, evolving roles?

• Main Author: Ding, Arthur S
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91012; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/5927
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Chinese navy has gone through tremendous changes and improvements since the 1995/96 Taiwan Strait crisis. The growing Chinese naval capability, is likely to stir a naval arms competition; only time will tell if this will lead to a regional collision.