Washington Can't Tell If PLA Navy Is Friend or Foe

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Jeremy Page 裴杰, As China Expands Navy, US Is Wary; Washington is divided over whether Beijing should be viewed as naval partner or potential adversary. Wall Street Journal, Mar 31, 2015 (front page).
www.wsj.com/articles/as-china-ex ... ows-wary-1427769002

Excerpt in the window of print: Adm Wu Shengli is China's point man for cinching closer US military ties.


two consecutive paragraphs:

"Adm Wu was born in 1945. His name translates as 'Victory Wu,' commemorating the defeat of Japan in World War II, according to ONI. His father [吴宪] was a Communist commander who served as vice governor 副省长 of Zhejiang province.

"Adm Wu joined the People’s Liberation Army at age 19 and went on to captain frigates and destroyers. In 1988, he commanded a detachment of destroyers, one of which helped defeat Vietnamese forces in a skirmish over Spratlys reefs, according to official accounts. That was China’s last sea battle.

My comment: There is no need to read the article, which says nothing new, not only to Chinese but to American readers. The cn.wsj.com does not have the translation.