China Apologist : U.S. Must Decline as China Returns to Former Greatness By William R. Hawkins Friday, April 06, 2007 The CNA Corporation is a non-profit organization that is best known for operating the Center for Naval Analysis, which for over 50 years has worked closely with the U.S. Navy to develop strategies and weapon systems to defend American security. It opened a new China Study Center on March 27, which seems like a natural evolution of its work given Beijing’s rise as a global geopolitical rival to the United States. China has the world’s third largest shipbuilding industry and its rapidly...