I urge you all to WATCH THE VIDEO of the USNI/AFCEA West 2013 conference panel: “Chinese Navy: Operational Challenge or Potential Partner?” Particularly, Toshi Yoshihara at 38:20.

Panelists include:

Moderator Dr. David M. Finkelstein
Vice President and Director, China Studies, Center for Naval Analyses

Dr. Jacqueline Deal
President and CEO, Long-Term Strategy Group

CAPT James Fanell, USN
Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence and Information Operations (N-2), U.S. Pacific Fleet

Major Christopher I. Johnson, USMC
Logistics Officer, Marine Barracks Washington, DC; and Foreign Area Officer, People’s Republic of China

Dr. Toshi Yoshihara
Professor and John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies Strategy and Policy, Naval War College; Author of Red Star over the Pacific