China’s Airfield Construction at Fiery Cross Reef in Context: Catch-Up or Coercion? Posted on August 14, 2015 by alert5 This blog post from RAND looks at China’s construction of air strips in the South China Sea. [thumb]http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/08/chinas-airfield-construction-at-fiery-cross-reef-in.html[/thumb] Related posts (Automatically Generated): PLA Navy had no political support from Beijing when it bought Varyag Newspaper reveals construction of Chinese aircraft carrier RAND: The Development of China’s Air Force Capabilities Pakistan to acquire three Z-10 attack helicopters? PLAAF general: Poor industrial foundation, lack of innovation obstructing development of fighters Construction of second runway at Osan, South Korea