Chapter One: Key Developments
Chapter Two: Understanding China’s Strategy
Chapter Three: China’s Military Strategy and Doctrine
Chapter Four: Force Modernization Goals and Trends
Chapter Five: Resources for Force Modernization
Chapter Six: Force Modernization and Security in the Taiwan Strait
Appendix: China and Taiwan Forces Data
Figures
1. China’s Critical Sea Lanes 9
2. The First and Second Island Chains 16
3. Medium and Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missiles 19
4. Maximum Ranges for China’s Conventional SRBM Force 23
5. Comparison of Outside Estimates of PRC Military Spending 26
6. Chinese Defense Budgets and Estimates of Total Related Expenditures 27
7. Surface-to-Air Missile Coverage Over the Taiwan Strait 31
8. Taiwan Strait Military Balance, Ground Forces 36
9. Major Ground Force Units 37
10. Taiwan Strait Military Balance, Air Forces 38
11. Major Air Force Units 39
12. Taiwan Strait Military Balance, Naval Forces 40
13. Major Naval Units 41
14. China’s Missile Forces 42
15. China’s Space Assets
- ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2007.pdf