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The white paper is the 10th on the county's national defense since 1998 and the first since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, which called on the country to accelerate the modernization of its national defense and armed forces. These endeavors are beneficial for the international community to recognize, understand and support China's national defense policy, especially its military and security strategies, according to Zhao. The white paper thoroughly describes the state of national defense and the military after reform, and responds to domestic and international concerns on China's military reform. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on white paper, titled China's Position on the China and the U.S Economic and Trade Consultations issued by the State Council Information Office of China. It mention that China made it clear that the U.S. initiated economic and trade friction damages; and also mention challenges related to National Security Strategy of the U.S. in which China was defined as its biggest strategic competitor of the U.S.

The article discusses the white paper "China's National Defense in 2010," released by the Chinese government. The paper offers an overview of national defense which include security environment, defense expenditure and arms control. It states that the armed forces are primarily for maintaining peace in response to security threats.

The article discusses Australia's defense white paper issued on May 2, 2009 which portrays China as an emerging national security threat. The differences between the current and previous white papers on defense are cited, including the return of Australia's defense focus to the Asia-Pacific region under the administration of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Several principles relevant to China discussed in the defense white paper are also discussed.

The article presents an interview with researcher Chen Zhou about the 2006 white paper on China's national defense. The changes represented in the white paper are discussed. The differences of the white paper from the previous white papers in terms of its description and judgment of the security situation are tackled. The nature of China's defense policy is also addressed.