Military paper conveys defensive commitment

China's new defense strategy white paper is the country's latest effort to improve its military transparency, and demonstrates its sincerity in sharing its new perceptions on security, national defense and military strategy with the rest of the world.

Issued by the Information Office of the State Council on Tuesday, the white paper is the ninth in 17 years, as the country has issued a major defense document every two years since 1998.

This is clear evidence that the country is actively responding to the concerns and misunderstandings of the outside world about the modernization of its defense forces, which is necessary to avoid strategic misjudgments.