PREFACE -- PROJECT AIR FORCE -- SUMMARY -- CHINAÌS PRIMARY CUSTOMERS -- MOTIVATIONS -- SOURCES OF RESTRAINT -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- EXPLAINING CHINAÌS ARMS TRANSFERS -- CHINAÌS PRINCIPAL ARMS TRANSFER RELATIONSHIPS -- Iran -- Iraq -- Pakistan -- North Korea -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- RECIPIENT COUNTRY DEMAND -- BEIJINGÌS INCENTIVES -- ChinaÌs Foreign Policy Interests -- Commercial Motivations for Arms Transfers -- POSSIBLE CONSTRAINTS ON CHINAÌS ARMS TRANSFERS -- BEIJINGÌS ABILITY TO CONTROL ARMS TRANSFERS -- BEIJINGÌS ATTITUDES TOWARD ARMS SALES AND PROLIFERATION -- ChinaÌs Degree of Adherence to Nonproliferation Regimes -- U.S. Ability to Influence Beijing -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- IMPLICATIONS OF UNPREVENTABLE TRANSFERS -- FINAL WORDS -- AN OVERVIEW OF CHINAÌS ARMS SALES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.