Meanwhile, 110,000 tons of new warships built in 2022 for the PLA Navy.
Retired Navy Captain Jim Fanell—noted expert on the Chinese Navy, former Director of Intelligence for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and frequent Proceedings contributor, provided an update on the Chinese Navy, its operations, and shipbuilding programs. He gives a concerning slide presentation.
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History lesson: China: The Roots of Madness (1967)
"...perhaps we should never have disturbed the slumbering civilization of China or else wake of itself and reach for perhaps, China is too vast to be governed by mercy. Yet if the Chinese mind craves order they must be brought to recognize they are the biggest factor in the world's disorder and we must untangle the madness of their mind. The most difficult task in the world is to reach the minds of men who hate you. We do not flinch from the immediate tasks to guard our skies defend our friends. We cannot flinch from tomorrow's task to reach the mind of China. We race today to reach the moon, to reach that mind is a task of equal difficulty and far greater urgency."
Retired Navy Captain Jim Fanell—noted expert on the Chinese Navy, former Director of Intelligence for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and frequent Proceedings contributor, provided an update on the Chinese Navy, its operations, and shipbuilding programs. He gives a concerning slide presentation.
History lesson: China: The Roots of Madness (1967)
"...perhaps we should never have disturbed the slumbering civilization of China or else wake of itself and reach for perhaps, China is too vast to be governed by mercy. Yet if the Chinese mind craves order they must be brought to recognize they are the biggest factor in the world's disorder and we must untangle the madness of their mind. The most difficult task in the world is to reach the minds of men who hate you. We do not flinch from the immediate tasks to guard our skies defend our friends. We cannot flinch from tomorrow's task to reach the mind of China. We race today to reach the moon, to reach that mind is a task of equal difficulty and far greater urgency."
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell