China's incomplete military transformation : assessing the weaknesses of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) / Michael S. Chase, Jeffrey Engstrom, Tai Ming Cheung, Kristen A. Gunness, Scott Warren Harold, Susan Puska, Samuel K. Berkowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Michael, author.

Contributor:

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, sponsoring body.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR893.

[RR] ; [893]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.

China.

China--Military policy.

China--Strategic aspects.

Defense industries--China.

Defense industries.

China--Defenses.

Military policy.

Military readiness.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : color charts.

Other Title:

Assessing the weaknesses of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, 2015.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This report examines many of the weaknesses in China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) human capital and organization realms, its combat capabilities across various domains, and China's defense research and industrial complex. Furthermore, the report analyzes how these weaknesses affect the PLA's performance of missions tasked by Beijing. China's military isn't ready to win wars despite spending heavily to modernize. The People's Liberation Army suffers from 'potentially serious weaknesses' that could limit its ability to conduct the operations required to fight and win future conflicts. "Although the PLA's capabilities have increased dramatically, its remaining weaknesses increase the risk of failure to successfully perform the missions the Chinese Communist Party leaders may task it to perform," the report says. It cited Taiwan contingencies, maritime claim missions, protecting sea lines of communications and some non-war military operations. The report looks at two critical shortcomings: institutional and combat capabilities. On institutional issues, the PLA faces shortcomings regarding outdated command structures, quality of personnel, professionalism and corruption. Combat weaknesses include logistical, insufficient strategic airlift capabilities, limited numbers of special-mission aircraft, and deficiencies in fleet air defense and anti-submarine warfare.

Contents:

Introduction: The Importance of Understanding the People's Liberation Army's Weaknesses

People's Liberation Army Modernization: Mid-1990s to 2025

Missions of the People's Liberation Army

Weaknesses in People's Liberation Army Organization and Human Capital

Weaknesses of People's Liberation Army Combat Capabilities

Weaknesses in China's Defense Industry

Conclusion: People's Liberation Army Weaknesses and Their Implications

Appendix: Critical Assumptions.

Notes:

"February 2015."

"Sponsored by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (USCC, viewed Jan. 28, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Chase, Michael. China's incomplete military transformation.

ISBN:

9780833088338

0833088335

9780833088314

0833088319

OCLC:

903932792