TY  - BOOK
AU  - LI Nan
AU  - WEUVE Christopher
TI  - China's aircraft carrier ambitions: an update 
PY  - 2010///
KW  - CHINA
KW  - AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
KW  - NAVAL FORCES
N2  - Deals with two main themes: what are the necessary pre-requisites for China to acquire aircraft carriers, and what would be the implications of such acquisition. Identifies and discusses four principle interdependent conditions that would enable China to acquire aircraft carriers: these are leadership support, finance, naval strategy, and relevant technologies. Concludes China is likely to develop or acquire medium sized aircraft carriers for "near seas" missions and as experience for subsequent larger "far seas" vessels
ER  -