Why are you here?

is it for univeristy or like...high school?

It is an essay on the current Chinese Armed Forces, PLA, Navy, Airforce. Much of my information comes on this site. Esentaly made for those not in the know of the military, and largely to dispell the ideas many people around me seem to have that the PLA is a group of backward military novices.

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are you planning to publish it in here?

I'm Australian (my title 'Devil_dingo' relates to an old Australian aboriginal dream time story). I have an interest in the military from a general point of view and since the demise of the Soviet Union I have turned my attention to the Chinese armed forces (PLA, PLA-N and PLA-AF) in particular as I view them as the next military superpower. I'm also an amature writer.

is it the story of "maybe the dingo ate the baby"?
one question.
which armed force is stronger, canadian armed force or austrilian?

I am was born in China and I have been living in Canada for the past 8 years. I have been intrested in China's military for many years, particularly in it's Airforce and Navy.

I have lurked in this forum from the days of Britboi

under verious user name

born in china but live in Canada now have been to many nations

I joined b/c I felt like it. That's why.

DPRKUnderground said:

I joined b/c I felt like it. That's why.

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Yes, because you felt like it. Mind being a bit more specific? no offense Im just asking.

Well, here's my story. About two years ago my sophmore English teacher wanted us to write a research paper about a controversial topic. I ended up picking the fight over Kashmir because my other topics weren't good enough for her. Anyway, I went ahead and started to do some research about the topic and I landed at PDF (Pakistanidefenceforum.com). I didn't join the forum until last year, but I did read all the articles on the forum with great interest. Afterwards, I read a book called "War at the Top of the World" by Eric S. Margolis. He wrote much about the rivalries in South Asia and much about the Chinese armed forces. I then decided to do some research about the Chinese armed forces and I came to this site. I was one of the first members on this site (well, I registered a couple of months after the forum opened up) and afterwards I became a mod.

What really opened my eyes to the world was 9/11. Before then I had no idea what happened in the world or why it happened. After 9/11 I decided not to be caught off guard again. Since then, I have accumulated much knowledge in terms of politics and military related issues. Well, that's my story.

Well, my parents owned a restaurant in waterbury, Vermont. (I was born in Morrisville) I was 3 then and my main entertainment was getting myself onto a chair and stare out the window, so I became interested by shapes and structures. Then I saw my 1st plane and felt in . (I was going back to Hong Kong and Guangzhou for the first time.) Then in 6th grade, my love for aircraft seeped into military crafts. (Before I was only looking at civiliners like 747s, the only military crafts I really knew was the F-15 and F-16.) Then into the entire military. But looking at America was a bit board for someone living in the US. So instead I focused into China instead. And researching, I found sinodefence while researching on PLAN. Then one day, I noticed there was a link on sinodefence to the ezboard forum talking about the new bazooka and the 2208 FAC. I went there and found this place.