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DoD: China Not Being Open About Expanded Military Capabilities

Gally Articola

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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China is not being as open as U.S. officials would like it to e about its continued advancements in weaponry such as jet fighters and aircraft carriers, according to the Pentagon. “What concerns me is the extent to which China’s military modernization occurs in the absence in the type of openness and transparency that others are certainly asking of China,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia David Helvey told reporters. He cited further concerns about “the potential implications…

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