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  Central Military Commission - China Nuclear Forces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The state Central Military Commission was the state's decision-making body in military affairs and directed and commanded the armed forces.
The state Central Military Commission consisted of the chairman, who was commander in chief of the armed forces, an executive vice chairman, two vice chairmen, and four other members.
Military policy originated in the party Political Bureau or the party Central Military Commission, became an operational order at the General Staff Department level, flowed through the military regions, and arrived at a main-force unit.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/china/agency/cmc.htm   (343 words)

  
  Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Party CMC is elected by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and is subordinate to the Politburo of the Communist Party of China or Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Another convention is that the military members of the CMC are generally members of neither the Politburo Standing Committee nor the State Council outside of the Ministry of National Defense, although they all tend to be members of the Communist Party of China and are members of the Central Committee.
All the military members of the CMC come from Hu Jintao's generation rather than from Jiang's, and at the time of the leadership transition, there appeared some very sharp editorials from military officers suggesting that the military would have strong objections to Jiang attempting to exercise power behind the scenes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_Military_Commission   (996 words)

  
 Central Military Commission - China Military Forces
The Central Military Commission (CMC) is the highest military leading body of the Party under the leadership of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central Committee and is responsible for directing China's 2.5 million strong armed forces.
The creation of the state Central Military Commission in 1982 aimed to further strengthen civilian control over the military by stressing the PLA's role as defender of the state and by establishing another layer of supervision parallel to party supervision.
The state Central Military Commission was the state's decision-making body in military affairs and directed and commanded the armed forces.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/china/cmc.htm   (1413 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - China - Central Military Commission | Chinese Information Resource
The CCP's Central Military Commission is also elected by the Central Committee and exercises authority over the military through the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Since 1982 the party Central Military Commission has had a counterpart organization in the state Central Military Commission (see The National People's Congress, this ch.).
Nevertheless, because the party Central Military Commission reports directly to the powerful Central Committee, it is the authoritative body in matters of military policy (see Military Organization, ch.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/china/china284.html   (310 words)

  
 First China-Pak naval exercises begin
China on Tuesday came out of its self-imposed ban on joint naval exercises with a foreign country by kicking off a security drill with its 'all weather' ally Pakistan off the northeastern coast of Shanghai.
While China has not released information on the type of its ships taking part in the naval exercise, the Pakistani side said two ships, a destroyer and a tanker, which arrived in the east Chinese port city of Shanghai last Saturday, would be exercising with their Chinese counterparts.
Meanwhile, China's top military brass showered praise on Pakistan calling it a 'reliable and trustworthy friend and brother' and expressed desire to further step up their traditional friendship and army-to-army cooperation.
www.rediff.com /news/2003/oct/21china.htm   (382 words)

  
 Disarmament Diplomacy: - China Defence White Paper
China undertakes not to be the first to use nuclear weapons, and not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states.
China' nuclear force is under the direct command of the Central Military Commission (CMC).
China is extremely cautious and responsible in the management of its nuclear weapons, and has established strict rules and regulations and taken effective measures to ensure the safety and security of its nuclear weapons.
www.acronym.org.uk /dd/dd51/51china.htm   (468 words)

  
 China to Cut 200,000 from Military
China has announced more cuts to its military, currently the largest standing armed force in the world.
Western military analysts such as Robert Karniol, Asia-Pacific editor of Jane's Defence Weekly in Bangkok, say the latest reduction is part of long streamlining that has been going in China's military for years.
Analysts say the streamlining of the military and the concurrent growth of the civilian police force is a reflection of China's long-term ambitions to be a regional and, eventually, global power.
www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2003/09-01.htm   (375 words)

  
 www.China-Defense.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The day after China's invasion began; Moscow issued a statement citing its treaty obligations to Vietnam, calling on China to "stop before it is too late" [11] and demanding an immediate withdrawal of Chinese forces from Vietnam.
While China sent second-line troops from the two Sino-Vietnam border Military Regions into Vietnam, in respond to the possible Soviet attack, PLA forces along the Sino-Soviet border were put on high alert.
CMC (Central Military Commission) directed China's best 10 tank divisions and three airborne divisions, 20 artillery divisions, 15 railway engineers and constructions divisions and 11 signal regiments, to react to any Soviet military actions [12].
www.china-defense.com /history/sino-vn_1/sino-vn_1-4.html   (592 words)

  
 China's military ordered to close businesses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Jiang's order came at a meeting of senior military leaders called as part of China's campaign to fight rampant smuggling, which is estimated to cost the government at least $12 billion a year.
Western military officers have said for years that the army's moneymaking efforts have affected its ability to focus on its stated goal of professionalizing and improving the 2.3 million-strong military force.
Among the participants, the New China News Agency said, were all of the uniformed members of the Central Military Commission, China's most powerful military body, which Jiang chairs.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/98/07/23/china_2-0.html   (634 words)

  
 China
The emphasis of China's arsenal is primarily on the land-based missile leg of the triad.
China likely developed the neutron bomb to protect against the possibility of a large Soviet invasion of the mainland during the height of the Cold War.
China is believed to store most of its nuclear warheads and bombs separate from its delivery vehicles and the warheads and bombs are only mated with the missiles or aircraft during launch preparations.
www.nti.org /db/china/wdepdat.htm   (1663 words)

  
 China
A State Commission, under the joint leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, is in charge of all the military exports of the country.
The Commission has an administrative bureau as its executive organ, which is responsible for the supervision and administration of all military exports.
Military imports and exports are monopolized by the companies designated by the State Commission.
www.nti.org /db/china/conexcon.htm   (1759 words)

  
 China's Hu inherits awesome military machine
According to military analysts, China is slowly modernizing its strategic nuclear forces but still has the least advanced nuclear arsenal of the declared nuclear states.
China currently has the capability to strike US cities with a force of approximately 20 long-range Dong Feng-5 missiles, each armed with a single 4- to 5-megaton warhead, they say.
China boosted its military spending by 11.6 percent this year to 25 billion dollars as part if its efforts to modernize and outfit its military with high-tech weaponry.
www.spacewar.com /2004/040919122428.tav5hl2p.html   (635 words)

  
 China, Russia plan to hold military drill
China and Russia are expected to hold a joint military exercise next year, the first conducted by the two countries since a joint naval exercise in 1999.
Visiting General Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of China and Russian Defence Minister Sergi Ivanov revealed the news in Moscow in a memorandum, without providing the exact location, date or scale of the exercise.
The military expert said that as China's image rises on the world stage, its military forces have stepped up their co-operation in non-traditional security fields -- both regionally and internationally -- in recent years.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-07/08/content_346370.htm   (598 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: Central Asian News - US shadow over China-Russia ties
Receiving Pace within hours of his arrival, Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China's top military authority, said, "The current China-US military ties are not easy to come by, thus the two sides should treasure it." Guo ranks second to chairman Hu in the 11-member CMC.
China secured the bid in the teeth of competition from India and Israel.
China's foreign-policy priorities are moving further away from the heyday of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership circa 2006.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/IC31Ag01.html   (815 words)

  
 China's Hu says Taiwan won't be independent
Hu said that China has played a constructive role in regional and global security, and "holds high the banner of peace, development and cooperation." The country "adheres to the policy of a nation's self-determination and carries out a peaceful foreign policy," Hu said.
China's economy, buoyed by huge exports to America and Europe, led the developing world in 2004 with a growth rate forecast to end the year at 8.8 per cent.
While characterizing China as peaceful and stable, Hu said the world is "undergoing very deep changes." On the one hand, economic globalization and progress toward a "multipolar" world create opportunities, he said without elaborating.
www.prisonplanet.com /articles/december2004/311204husays.htm   (526 words)

  
 China’s Taiwan policy demands attention (printable version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
China President Hu, now also chairman of the Central Military Commission, said China will never tolerate Taiwan seceding and becoming an independent nation.
Proof of the danger is that China is steadily increasing its military spending and has put its army on a war alert.
China has never formally recognized Taiwan’s split in 1949 to be a democratically sovereign nation, while China continues with its one-party communist system.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=94532   (310 words)

  
 CNS - Nuclear Delivery System Modernization
China currently deploys one ballistic missile nuclear submarine armed with 12 JL-1 ballistic missiles which can not be launched while the submarine is submerged.
China reportedly plans to produce a SSBN fleet of four to six submarines as it improves its submarine and missile technology.
China is in the process of developing its first indigenously produced fighter/bomber, the H-7.
cns.miis.edu /research/china/nuc/nmod.htm   (1329 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China announces new army cuts
About 500,000 military jobs have already been cut in the last few years, although the People's Liberation Army, the world's largest armed force, is still about 2.5m strong.
Jiang Zemin, chairman of the Communist Party's Central Military Commission - and China's president before previous incumbent Hu Jintao - announced the cuts during a visit to Changsha, capital of the southern Hunan province.
They say that despite the cuts, China's military will still be able to protect its international interests, including preparations for a possible future conflict on the Korean peninsula.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3197131.stm   (310 words)

  
 China Central Military Commission
The CCP's Central Military Commission is also elected by the Central Committee and exercises authority over the military through the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Since 1982 the party Central Military Commission has had a counterpart organization in the state Central Military Commission.
Nevertheless, because the party Central Military Commission reports directly to the powerful Central Committee, it is the authoritative body in matters of military policy.
www.country-studies.com /china/central-military-commission.html   (80 words)

  
 “China's Military Muscle” - theTrumpet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
China’s military reconfiguration and expansion is a direct result of Beijing’s recent economic development.
China, as would any other nation, claims that its military expansion is being undertaken for peaceful purposes—securing and protecting the nation’s interests.
China is not only building and acquiring vessels to travel the great oceans of the world, it is systematically gaining control of the world’s most strategic sea lanes.
www.thetrumpet.com /print.php?id=1329   (2753 words)

  
 News & Views - Line-up of China's State Council ministers (3/18/2003)
Minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology andIndustry for National Defense, Zhang Yunchuan, born in 1946, native of Zhejiang Province; until recently member of the CPC Central Committee, and deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of Hunan.
Minister in charge of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Li Dek Su, born in 1943, native of Jilin Province, of ethnic Korean group; until recently member of the CPC Central Committee, minister in charge of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission; deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
Minister of Supervision, Li Zhilun, born in 1942, native of Liaoning Province; until recently member of the CPC Central Committee, deputy secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and vice-minister of supervision.
www.chinahouston.org /news/2003318072230.html   (858 words)

  
 China Reform Monitor No. 348, December 12, 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
At the US Owensburg National Training Center, the Chinese group of representatives did an on-site investigation of the US 'blue army' base,' observing the sharp exchanges between the troops and a simulated opposition force; there was a very strong nature of independence and competition [demonstrated in the exercise].
In March of the next year, based on authorization from the CMC, the Nanjing Military Region [in southern China, responsible for the Taiwan Strait] formally organized a combined tactics training center.
China's first 'Blue Army' base is hidden under this mysterious veil.
www.afpc.org /crm/crm348.htm   (456 words)

  
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission has left for the United States on the highest ranking military visit since a Chinese fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance plane in 2001.
Guo's trip is the latest sign of improving military relations between Beijing and Washington, cut off after the spy plane crash over the South China Sea, sparking a diplomatic feud.
The U.S., which has repeatedly said Beijing's military build-up is not transparent, is keen for China to reciprocate the access Washington has given the Chinese defense forces, Pentagon officials have said.
today.reuters.com /news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-07-17T050213Z_01_PEK268031_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHINA-USA-MILITARY.xml&src=rss   (311 words)

  
 Russia, China to hold first-ever joint army exercise next year
Beijing, July 7 (PTI) China and Russia have agreed to hold the first-ever joint army exercise next year as part of their efforts to face "new challenges" and step up their strategic ties, the state media reported today.
However, the memorandum, signed by Russian Defence minister Sergi Ivanov and General Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of the central military commission of China, did not disclose the exact location, date or scale of the exercise.
The scope of the joint military exercise will be decided by officials of the two sides later, the report said.
www.propagandamatrix.com /articles/july2004/070704jointexercise.htm   (348 words)

  
 Hail Eris, Man
BEIJING - Military deputies attending the ongoing annual meeting of China's supreme legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), have launched a broadside at the state of confusion at the top hierarchy of the country.
On paper, China's top political boss is Hu Jintao, the general secretary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
UNITED NATIONS, March 13 (Reuters) - China on Thursday acknowledged blocking major powers from discussing the North Korea crisis at the United Nations, saying it was pushing instead for a dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang.
radio.weblogs.com /0103061/categories/china/2003/03/13.html   (282 words)

  
 Central Military Commission Membership
On 19 September 2004 China's former President Jiang Zemin retired from his post as chairman of the powerful central military commission, completing the transfer of power to President Hu Jintao.
General Cao Gangchuan and General Guo Boxiong, 59, a former executive deputy chief of the general staff, were both elected vice-chairmen of the Central Military Commission at the Party Congress, replacing Zhang Wannian, 74, and Chi Haotian, 73.
As the former commander of the Nanjing Military District and a reputed expert on amphibious operations, he will be the one who advises the CMC on any future Taiwan Strait conflict.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/china/cmc-member.htm   (761 words)

  
 china government, chinese government, china government general information
The launch of English.gov.cn serves as a catalyst for the world to have a better understanding of China's foreign policies, its role in international arenas and achievements in national construction, as well as an accelerator for a greater influx of foreign investments into and visitors to China.
China Daily July 28, 2006 - China has set up an inspection tour system to check the performance of government officials and state-owned enterprises' managers, an official with the Communist Party of China's discipline sector said yesterday at a news conference in Beijing.
Gan Yisheng, secretary-general and spokesman with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, said the commission has so far completed inspection tours of 31 provincial governments, four state assets management corporations and nine state-controlled banks.
www.chinatoday.com /gov/a.htm   (1005 words)

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