| ID | 148213 |
| Title Proper | Reclaiming the party’s control of the gun |
| Other Title Information | bringing civilian authority back in China’s civil-military relations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Char, James |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Since emerging as China’s top leader following the 18th Party Congress, Xi Jinping has moved swiftly to consolidate his formal authority as Central Military Commission chairman over the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. In redressing the civil-military imbalance wrought by Dengist economic reforms, the commander-in-chief has combined institutional mechanisms with the use of fear to impose authoritative civilian control over the military. This paper proposes that a combination of changes to the Chinese strategic environment has contributed to Xi’s utility of the anti-corruption campaign to purge the regime’s coercive forces of its previous underpinnings, and advances that the war on military malfeasance has given rise to a new set of dynamics in civil-military relations in post-Reform China. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 39, No.5-6; Oct 2016: p.608-636 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 39 No 5-6 |
| Key Words | Chinese Communist Party ; Chinese People’s Liberation Army ; Civil-Military Relations in China ; Anti-Corruption Campaign ; Chinese Military Modernizations ; Chinese National Security Policymaking |