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China defense industry
![Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas Wars Reveal the Importance of Weapons Production Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas Wars Reveal the Importance of Weapons Production](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-15-181651.jpg)
Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas Wars Reveal the Importance of Weapons Production
By Vasabjit Banerjee and Benjamin Tkach
Current conflicts offer a reminder to China and the U.S.: Arms do not deliver victory only through technological advantage but also through availability.
![Assessing China’s Defense Industrial Base Assessing China’s Defense Industrial Base](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-28-13.jpg)
Assessing China’s Defense Industrial Base
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Cortney Weinbaum.
![US Air Force Chief: China Could Field 6th-Gen Fighters Before America US Air Force Chief: China Could Field 6th-Gen Fighters Before America](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-29-171249.jpg)
US Air Force Chief: China Could Field 6th-Gen Fighters Before America
By A.B. Abrams
Gen. Mark Kelly’s warning underscores key defense industry trends favoring China in the race for the next technological breakthrough.
![How China Supplies Russia’s Military How China Supplies Russia’s Military](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-08-05-9.jpg)
How China Supplies Russia’s Military
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Alexander Korolev.
![At the Nexus of Military-Civil Fusion and Technological Innovation in China At the Nexus of Military-Civil Fusion and Technological Innovation in China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-13-6.jpg)
At the Nexus of Military-Civil Fusion and Technological Innovation in China
By Audrey Fritz
The interdependence of China’s innovation strategy with its military-civil fusion system enables it to leverage the global research and networks of the country’s own companies and universities.
![China’s VT5 Lightweight Tank to Be Fitted With Active Protection System China’s VT5 Lightweight Tank to Be Fitted With Active Protection System](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-d0be818agy1fpic2g70aej20xc0jt1ai.jpg)
China’s VT5 Lightweight Tank to Be Fitted With Active Protection System
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Chinese made-for-export VT5 tank is getting a new active protection system.
![China Test Fires Supersonic Cruise Missile China Test Fires Supersonic Cruise Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-19_09-52-07.jpg)
China Test Fires Supersonic Cruise Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Chinese company claimed on 15 October that it had successfully tested a new supersonic cruise missile intended for export.
![Privatizing China’s Defense Industry Privatizing China’s Defense Industry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rtx2dsai.jpg)
Privatizing China’s Defense Industry
By Zi Yang
China hopes to create its own military-industrial complex, but it won't be easy.
![China's Answer to the US Military-Industrial Complex China's Answer to the US Military-Industrial Complex](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-27_15-12-00.jpg)
China's Answer to the US Military-Industrial Complex
By Leo Lin
The Central Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development represents a new trend in civil-military relations.
![China's Strategic Support Force: A Force for Innovation? China's Strategic Support Force: A Force for Innovation?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-27_15-12-00.jpg)
China's Strategic Support Force: A Force for Innovation?
By Elsa Kania
The new PLA branch might be China's key to leapfrogging the United States on military technology.
![China to Showcase Never-Before-Seen Weapons and Equipment in Military Parade China to Showcase Never-Before-Seen Weapons and Equipment in Military Parade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-08_19-13-00.jpg)
China to Showcase Never-Before-Seen Weapons and Equipment in Military Parade
By Shannon Tiezzi
China will display never-before-seen indigenous tech from all branches of its military.
![China Wants to Reform its Defense Industry China Wants to Reform its Defense Industry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-09_18-01-06.jpg)
China Wants to Reform its Defense Industry
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Beijing remains technologically one or two generations behind its main competitors in the global arms industry.
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