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105. Geoffrey Forden, ‘‘Strategic Uses for China’s Bei Dou Satellite System,’’Jane’s Intelli-
     gence Review,October 1, 2003, http://www.janes.com.


106. Luan Shanglin, ‘‘China Puts New Navigation Satellite into Orbit,’’ Xinhua,
     February 3, 2007, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/03/content_5689019.htm.


107. ‘‘China to Launch 2 Satellites for Compass Navigation System,’’China Daily,
     November 14, 2006, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/14/eng20061114_
     321287.html.


108. See ‘‘There Is a GPS System with ‘Chinese Characteristics’—The Beidou Satellite
     System’s Strategic Use,’’World Outlook8 (2004).


109. Gustav Lindstrom and Giovanni Gasparini,The Galileo Satellite System and its
     Security Implications,Occasional Paper no. 44 (Paris: European Union Institute for Security
     Studies, 2003), 29, http://www.iss-eu.org/occasion/occ44.pdf.


110. See, for example, Yu Xiang, ‘‘Implementation of the EU’s ‘Galileo’ Project Enters the
     Next Stage,’’Aerospace Electronic Warfare2 (2005).


111. Lindstrom and Gasparini,Galileo Satellite System.


112. Peter B. de Selding, ‘‘Europeans Raise Red Flags over Chinese Satellite Navigation
     Plan,’’ Space News, June 12, 2006, http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive06/
     China_061206.html.


113. Forden, ‘‘Strategic Uses.’’


114. ‘‘China Starts to Build Own Satellite Navigation System,’’Space Daily,November 3,
     2006, http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Starts_To_Build_Own_Satellite_Naviga
     tion_System_999.html.


115. Ling Zhu, ‘‘China Starts to Build Own Satellite Navigation System,’’ Xinhua,
     November 2, 2006, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/02/content_5280896.htm.


116. Li Xinran, ‘‘China Capable of Building Aircraft Carrier,’’Shanghai Daily,January
     2007, http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=302268&type=National.


117. ‘‘China Says Aircraft Carrier Possible by 2010: Paper,’’Muzi,March 7, 2007, http://
     dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10038207.shtml.


118. Author’s interview with Chinese official, Beijing, June 2006.


119. Bray, ‘‘Seapower Questions.’’
     120.Observation Post of the Military Situation,Phoenix Television, March 15, 2006, OSC-
     CPP20060317515025.


120. Author’s interview, Beijing, June 2006.


121. ‘‘Senior Military Officer: China to Develop its Own Aircraft Carrier Fleet,’’Wen Wei
     Po,March 10, 2006, OSC-CPP20060310508004.


122. Author’s interview, Beijing, June 2006.


123. Author’s interviews, Beijing, December 2005.


124. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI),Handbook on China’s Navy 2007(Washington,
     DC: Office of Naval Intelligence, 2007), 58.


125. Ibid., 46.


126. Unless otherwise specified, data in this section are derived from ‘‘People’s Liberation
     Army Navy (PLAN),’’ Administration, China,Jane’s Fighting Ships,January 29, 2007, http://
     http://www.janes.com.


127. ONI,Handbook,61–62.


128. Ibid., 6.


129. See State Council,China’s National Defense in 2006.


130. Fisher, ‘‘Trouble Below,’’ 34.

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