China’s military is developing ships, submarines, aircraft, intelligence systems and foreign bases in a bid to become a global military power, according to a forthcoming congressional China commission report.
The late draft of the annual report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission contains a chapter on Beijing’s power projection development and warns that once fully developed, the weapons and forces could contribute to a regional conflict in places like the South China and East China Seas.
"China is building military capabilities to deal with hostile air, surface, and subsurface operational environments in the ‘far seas,'" the report states, noting that the operations expand the focus beyond the two island chains off China’s eastern and southern coasts.
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