China Is Ready To Test Its First Stealth Fighter
China staged a runaway test in a airbase in the center of the country on Wednesday for the first radar-evading stealth fighter, and the first test could be performed, according to the Hong Kong editor of a Canadian military journal, on Thursday.
The state-run media called such news as “rumors,” and attempted to play down the capabilities of the new weapon. The comments of the military enthusiasts were also deleted from the blogs.
Analysts observe that this is the manner the Chinese military releases such news to the world. It happened the same way with the announcement that the Communist state had developed a weapon capable of penetrating U.S. carriers’ shields.
After “leaking” the news to the military journals, the state media tried to play it down.
Aviation Week & Space Technology, the American magazine, reported on tests on a new plane, J-20, in an article that was published on Monday.
The editor of a military weekly in Hong Kong said in a telephone interview on Wednesday that he had been told by authorities that the jet will be tested on Thursday, if weather conditions permitted.
The announcement meant to give an insight into the Chinese military sophistication comes a few days before U.S. 
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to arrive in Beijing, where military consultations are expected after they were frozen in January 2010, when the U.S. announced $6billion arms sale to Taiwan.
Analysts consider that this is the Chinese way of showing the U.S. and Robert Gates the might of their army.
Chinese military has often claimed that its expansion is purely defensive but it is clear by now that the Communist regime makes preparations to become a regional power, with a prospect of turning into a global one the size and the might of the one of the United States.
Thus, Chinese Liberation Army Navy is preparing to build an aircraft carrier, the first of many that could be made operational by 2020.
According to military analysts, J-20, the Chinese stealth, is inferior to Russian T-50 or American F-22 and F-35 in sophistication and capacity to avoid radar. One of the shortcomings is the Chinese manufactured engine.
