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ID156601
Title ProperNew direction in the people's liberation army's emergent strategic thinking, roles and missions
LanguageENG
AuthorBitzinger, Richard A ;  Char, James ;  James Char (a1) and Richard A. Bitzinger (a2)
Summary / Abstract (Note)The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been undergoing a profound transformation in terms of its operational capabilities, both with regard to its hardware as well as its heartware, i.e. the softer aspects of its development including its operational culture and military ethos. These changes have permeated every facet of the PLA – technological, organizational and doctrinal. Despite successive generations of Chinese leaders having declared their adherence to “peace” and “development,” it has become clearer that Beijing's security policy under Xi Jinping has shifted steadily away from “keeping a low profile.” In that regard, the status of the PLA in the domestic and international calculus of China's new commander-in-chief has, unsurprisingly, become more pronounced, with Xi taking noticeably greater interest in harnessing the Chinese Communist Party's coercive forces as his personal domestic powerbase and foreign policy instrument complementing China's hard economic power.
`In' analytical NoteChina Quarterly , No.232; Dec 2017: p.841-865
Journal SourceChina Quarterly No 232
Key WordsMilitary doctrine ;  People's Liberation Army ;  Civil–Military Relations ;  Chinese Foreign Policy ;  National Defence Strategy ;  Xi Jinping ;  Military Modernizations


 
 
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