China’s rapid naval modernization from a largely coastal “brown water” force into a “blue water” fleet capable of projecting power …

http://www.wwiii.news/2017-07-12-china-launches-massive-new-destroyer-class-naval-ship-as-beijing-races-to-modernize-fleet.html

For decades the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, was essentially a third-tier, “brown water” force that was used …

http://www.wwiii.news/2017-06-04-china-developing-massive-submersible-arsenal-ship-capable-of-raining-hundreds-of-guided-missiles-on-targets.html