Paramilitary recruits exercise during their regular training at a
military base in Shenyang, northeast China's
Liaoning Province, January 15, 2007.
The development of armaments with an offensive capability, like its
new-generation fighter aircraft Jian-10, does not mean China has
changed its national defense policy which is defensive in nature, a
top military expert has said.
(China Daily January 16, 2007)
