Su-35 would give China technology for developing J-11C /...

In Russia Everything Is For Sale-- Strategy Page April 11, 2013: After more than a year of haggling over the details, Russia has agreed to sell China 24 Su-35 fighters. The big obstacle to this sale was the Chinese inability to assure Russia that the new Russian technology in these aircraft would not be stolen by Chinese aviation firms. Apparently a mutually agreeable compromise was worked out.

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China points finger at US on regional tensions

(AFP) China’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that “some countries” are increasing tension in Asia and the Pacific, in thinly veiled criticism of US efforts to ramp up its military presence and alliances in the region.

A Japan Coast Guard ship shoots water at a Taiwanese boat exchange in disputed waters in September. Photo: EPA