J-31 pic via Chinese Military Review.

Tell me again that the F-35 is....well you know the rest!

On a different note, one thing has me a bit confused/mystified.  Why haven't the Chinese turned to doing anything with their armored vehicles?  If its about new designs then BAE, General Dynamics, Iveco, and the Russians have some stuff out that should get their attention.

So if they're not duplicating, designing or in general upgrading existing vehicles then why not?  Could that be the canary in the coal mine?

Build up your naval and air forces to beat down the door...and when we suddenly start seeing new armored designs entering service that's the clue we need that they're getting ready to strike?

I don't know but the lack of attention on their army is puzzling.

For all the rise of China talk that I engage in, we all need to remember what the Vietnamese did to them.  They thought they were ready -- a rising and dominant power -- only to be defeated handily by a determined and focused nation.