Chinese Houbei fast attack craft: beyond sea denial / by John Patch -- Underwater TELs and China's antisubmarine warfare: evolving strength and a calculated weakness / by William S. Murray -- China's Second Artillery Force: capabilities and missions for the near seas / by Ron Christman -- Aerospace power and China's counterstrike doctrine in the near seas / by Daniel J. Kostecka -- Chinese air superiority in the near seas / by David Shlapak -- Land- and sea-based C4ISR infrastructure in China's near seas / by Eric D. Pedersen -- Chinese air- and space-based ISR: integrating aerospace combat capabilities over the near seas / by Andrew S. Erickson -- China's surface fleet trajectory: implications for the U.S. Navy / by Timothy A. Walton and Bryan McGrath.