2017 Chinese Navy Review General Introduction The PLAN has continued its many year advance and naval buildup in numerous areas. This is not new, in fact the news is that they sustain this naval growth and modernization as a very high rate of production and have done so now for a decade, year in and year out. It is clear that the Peoples Republ;ic of China continues to move forward to buildup a naval power structure, along with the necessary infrastructure, to put to sea a naval force capable of challenging the US and her allies in the Western Pacific,...