The
Chinese Navy is expected to procure 30 more submarines
by 2020 and bring the total from the current 62
to 100 by 2030, Hong Kong's Ming Pao daily reported
on Tuesday. According to the paper, the U.S. has
75 subs, 26 of them deployed in the Asia-Pacific
region. China is building up its Navy, including
retrofitting its first aircraft carrier.