title: China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities:
 Background and Issues for Congress
creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
date: 2017-11-01
language: English
description: This report  provides background information and issues for
 Congress on China's naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S.
 Navy capabilities. The question of how the United States should respond to
 China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization
 effort, is a key issue in U.S. defense planning and budgeting. Many U.S.
 military programs for countering improving Chinese military forces
 (particularly its naval forces) fall within the U.S. Navy's budget. The issue
 for Congress is how the U.S. Navy should respond to China's military
 modernization effort, particularly its naval modernization effort. Decisions
 that Congress reaches on this issue could affect U.S. Navy capabilities and
 funding requirements and the U.S. defense industrial base. For an overview of
 the strategic and budgetary context in which China's naval modernization
 effort and its implications for U.S. Navy capabilities may be considered, see
 Appendix A.
subject: Navy -- China
subject: Defense policy
subject: Foreign policy
coverage: China
type: Report
format: 113 p.
format: Text
identifier: crs: RL33153
identifier: local-cont-no: RL33153_2017Nov01
identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1043233/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc1043233