TY - BOOK AU - LE MIERE Christian TI - Jane's sentinel security assessment: China and Northeast Asia SN - 1754-8969 PY - 2007/// CY - Coulsdon, UK PB - Jane's Information Group KW - CHINA KW - ARMED FORCES KW - JAPAN KW - MONGOLIA KW - NORTH KOREA KW - SOUTH KOREA KW - TAIWAN KW - NORTHEAST ASIA KW - REGIONAL SECURITY N2 - Provides a detailed analysis for the six countries of the region (China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan) and a regional overview which includes comparative statistical tables. Each country entry includes an executive summary with risk pointers; a brief country profile; and sections on geography; natural resources; demography; infrastructure - transportation and communications; internal affairs - politics, internal threats, human rights; external affairs - significant developments, external threat assessment, international relations, country-specific relations; defence spending; armed forces - weapons, policy, chain of command, doctrine and strategy; army; air force; navy; security and foreign forces; procurement; defence production and R & D; and main economic indicators. The entry for China has separate sub-sections for Hong Kong, Macau, Xinjiang, and Tibet ER -