The U.S. has acknowledged China’s development of a stealth fighter, which is believed to be in prototype stage. The presumed prototype, seen in Chengdu, Sichuan province, points up China’s increasing military capabilities, which have given others pause. (Kyodo News / January 7, 2011)China’s Over-Hyped Stealth Jet -- David Axe, The Diplomat
China’s first fifth-generation, J-20 fighter plane could shake up the Pacific order, writes David Axe. But it probably won’t.
It was an audacious debut, even by the dramatic standards of Chinese weapons systems. For months, Western reporters and analysts had heard rumours of photos surfacing, and quickly disappearing, on China’s heavily censored Internet of an advanced jet fighter similar in shape and dimension to the latest US and Russian designs.
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The Euro Is Dead -- Charles Calomiris, Foreign Policy
Frenemies Forever: How Washington stopped worrying and learned to love Saudi Arabia, again. -- Steve Levine, Foreign Policy
Who Are the Real Hijackers of Islam? -- Jonah Goldberg, National Review
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