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279. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 § 1201, Pub. L. No.
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280. China Military Online, ‘‘Chinese Warships Return after RIMPAC 2016 Exercise,’’
August 8, 2016; Kirk Spitzer, ‘‘U.S. and China Warships to Participate in Massive
Pacific War Games,’’ USA Today, June 28, 2016.
281. Abhijit Singh, ‘‘Why Russia and China’s Combat Drills in the South China
Sea Matter,’’ National Interest, September 16, 2016; Sam LaGrone, ‘‘China, Russia
Kick Off Joint South China Sea Naval Exercise; Includes ‘Island Seizing’ Drill,’’
USNI News, September 12, 2016.
282. Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer, ‘‘The Chinese-Russian South China Sea Naval
Drill: What Happened and Why did it Matter?’’ Popular Science, September 21,
2016.
283. Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer, ‘‘The Chinese-Russian South China Sea Naval
Drill: What Happened and Why did it Matter?’’ Popular Science, September 21,
2016; Jane’s Intelligence Review, ‘‘Udaloy-class Destroyers,’’ January 6, 1989.
284. Christopher Bodeen, ‘‘China, Russia Launch South China Sea Naval War
Games,’’ Associated Press, September 12, 2016.
285. Xinhua, ‘‘China-Russia Maritime Military Drill Opens a New Important Subject:
A New Type of Chinese Submarine Appears on the Stage,’’ September 19, 2016.
Staff translation; Sam LaGrone, ‘‘China, Russia Kick Off Joint South China Sea
Naval Exercise; Includes ‘Island Seizing’ Drill,’’ USNI News, September 12, 2016.
286. Sam LaGrone, ‘‘China, Russia Kick Off Joint South China Sea Naval Exercise;
Includes ‘Island Seizing’ Drill,’’ USNI News, September 12, 2016; U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission, 2015 Annual Report to Congress, November
2015, 253.
287. Xinhua, ‘‘China Opposes Outside Interference in South China Sea Issue: Vice
FM,’’ September 8, 2016; Ankit Panda, ‘‘China’s ‘Red Line’ Warning to Japan on
South China Sea FONOPs Is Here to Stay,’’ Diplomat (Japan), August 29, 2016.
288. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Arms Transfers
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289. Aude Fleurant et al., ‘‘Trends in International Arms Transfers: 2015,’’ Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute, February 2016, 1–3.
290. Aude Fleurant et al., ‘‘Trends in International Arms Transfers: 2015,’’ Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute, February 2016, 3.
291. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Arms Transfers
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292. Joseph Dempsey, ‘‘China’s Increasing Inroads into the African Defence Market,’’
International Institute for Strategic Studies, February 17, 2016.
293. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Arms Transfers
Database; https://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers; Aude Fleurant et al.,
‘‘Trends in International Arms Transfers: 2015,’’ Stockholm International Peace Research
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294. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress on Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2014, April 24, 2014,
51.
295. Oscar Nkala, ‘‘Nigeria to Acquire Super Mushshak Aircraft from Pakistan,’’
Defense News, July 1, 2016; Jeremy Binnie, ‘‘Nigeria to Become First JF–17 Export
Operator,’’ IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, January 6, 2016.
296. Ankit Panda, ‘‘Revealed: Why Sri Lanka Backed off the Sino-Pakistani JF–
17 Thunder,’’ Diplomat (Japan), January 11, 2016.
297. Associated Press, ‘‘Thai Navy Seeks Approval to Buy First Submarines in 65
Years,’’ July 1, 2016; Michael Green et al., ‘‘Asia-Pacific Rebalance 2025: Capabilities,
Presence, and Partnerships,’’ Center for Strategic International Studies, January
2016, 80–81; U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2015 Annual
Report to Congress, November 2015, 254–255; and Adam Taylor, ‘‘If Thailand
Is a Coup, Why Wasn’t Egypt?’’ Washington Post, May 22, 2014.
298. Yuan Can, ‘‘Weapons Developed by China Appear in Military Parade in
Pakistan,’’ People’s Daily (China), March 24, 2016; Usman Ansari, ‘‘Chinese Helicopter
Debuts at Pakistani Parade,’’ Defense News, March 23, 2016.
299. Franz-Stefan Gady, ‘‘China to Supply Pakistan with 8 New Stealth Attack
Submarines by 2028,’’ Diplomat (Japan), August 30, 2016.
300. Christopher Colley (Instructor, School of International Studies, Renmin University
of China), meeting with Commission, June 24, 2016.
301. Eric Heginbotham et al., ‘‘The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography,
and the Evolving Balance of Power 1996–2017,’’ RAND Corporation, 2015,
99, 126; Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer, ‘‘The Dragon Muscles In: Growing Numbers
of Victories in Chinese Arms Exports,’’ Popular Science, June 9, 2016.
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