Wendell Minnick, China Debates Airlift Options. Defense News, Nov. 3, 2008 http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3801470
("At present, China's military lacks the ability to transport and sustain
more than a division of combat troops. China only has 24 Il-76 transports
and eight H-6 refuelers.")
Note:
(a) Mr. Larry Wortzel, a China hawk, is pro-Taiwan.
(b) C-17 Globemaster III http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-17_Globemaster_III
