China Brief time from Jamestown Foundation. My highlights:

1. Willy Lam looks at Hu's influence on Chinese military modernisation. Lam notes Hu is continuing Jiang's policy of CCP domination of the military, as opposed the Deng's philosophy of gradual state rather than party control and the prominent role the PLA is getting in Hu's policies.

2. National security implications of China's emerging water crisis says water could be a far more destabilising influence than Taiwan for the CCP's control. A broader issue that is starting to get recognition is the dreadful state of China's environment and the potential for pollution and environmental problems to encroach on China's rapid economic development. This dovetails with the article on the limits of Chinese economic reform a must read article that concludes China's economic growth will eventually force an opening in the political sphere. Along the way it examines the two China's and other possible constraints. It seems inevitable to many that China's economy will continue expanding at a rapid clip indefinitely. It will not and cannot.