The latest edition of the US Department of Defense's analysis of Chinese military power attempts to put its growing naval and amphibious capabilities into context. Richard Scott reviews its findings. A report prepared for the US Congress by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has detailed the continued modernisation of Ch ina's armed forces, asserting that the Beijing government "is pursuing long-term, comprehensive transformation of its military forces to improve its capabilities for power projection, anti-access and area denial".
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