The following is the Aug. 30, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
In an international security environment characterized as one of renewed great power competition, China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has become thetop focus of U.S. defense planning and budgeting.China’s navy, which China has been steadily modernizingfor...