China’s New Defense Policy Is Based on Deception and Political Warfare

The Chinese regime releases first ever public strategy calling for “active defense.”

Chinese dredgers work on the construction of artificial islands on and around Michief Reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea on May 2, 2015. U.S. Navy

The Chinese regime’s newly released military strategy masks its own ambitions of aggression and expansion, by accusing other nations of aggression and expansion.

The report is the first public Chinese Military Strategy white paper that outlines a new policy for “active defense,” according to the U.S. Naval Institute. It was released on May 26 by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense.

It begins with lofty language, declaring that to “realize the Chinese Dream of great national rejuvenation,” the Chinese people are looking to “join hands with the rest of the world to maintain peace, pursue development and share prosperity.”

Yet, like most historical policies to expand globally to realize national interests, there are all these other pesky countries standing in the way.

It states the Chinese regime “will unansweringly follow the path of peaceful development” through a policy “that is defensive in nature.” Yet at the same time the report was released, the Chinese regime repealed its strictly defensive policy, and told assets in the South China Sea to go on the offense.

In a statement that contradicts the overall tone of the report, it said the Chinese regime “will never seek hegemony or expansion.”

China's new military strategy released on May 26. mod.gov.cn/Sun Zhiying