the Department of Defense released its 2013 Militaryand Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China
today. The news report
and transcript from the briefing
are also available.
Prior versions for the
reports can be found as follows:
Section 1246, “Annual
Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of
China,” of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public
Law 111-84, which amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2000, Section 1202, Public Law 106-65, provides that the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report “in both classified and unclassified form, on military
and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China. The report
shall address the current and probable future course of military-technological
development of the People’s Liberation Army and the tenets and probable
development of Chinese security strategy and military strategy, and of the
military organizations and operational concepts supporting such development
over the next 20 years. The report shall also address U.S.-China engagement and
cooperation on security matters during the period covered by the report,
including through U.S.-China military-to-military contacts, and the U.S.
strategy for such engagement and cooperation in the future.”
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