Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
It has 1.25 million men and women and double-digit increases in its budget. But for officers, does the People's Liberation Army have good military leaders or good networkers?
BEIJING — The Chinese military has become a target for the clean-government drive of the administration of President Xi Jinping, with the armed forces told to cut down on spending that personally benefits service members. The orders announced this week at least indirectly address the problem of officers buying and selling postings, especially those that can be turned to personal advantage.
BEIJING — South Korea is going ahead with its LCH-LAH light helicopter program, following parliamentary and ministerial approval of full-scale development for the 4.2-5.3 ton (9,300-11,700 lb.) aircraft in cooperation with a foreign partner. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will handle the South Korean side of the development and has beefed up its program office for the project, making it one of the main divisions of the company.
