1.  Completing a new agreement on closer coordination between U.S. and Chinese naval forces in the Western Pacific could reinforce this point.

2.  He made his name as a daring military leader during the fabled Long March and was a top commander of Chinese forces during the Korean War.

3.  Her father was then the commander of Chinese military forces.

4.  Taiwan threatened to retaliate if mainland Chinese forces enter its waters, after China fired three ballistic missiles into waters near Taiwan earlier today.

5.  The build-up of Chinese forces facing the Taiwan Strait is ominous.

6.  The steady growth of Chinese forces, however, is viewed very differently by Washington, whose global reach is increasingly bringing it into conflict with China.

7.  Beijing viewed this to be a reckless lurch toward independence, and Chinese forces held menacing war games.

8.  Chinese forces have been holding exercises near Taiwan since Tuesday and have test-fired four missiles over the past eight days.

9.  Chinese forces were quickly defeated.

10.  China announced the end Monday of its latest round of war games, but a Taiwanese official said Chinese forces may be planning still more exercises.