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China's other army : the People's Armed Police in an era of reform / by Joel Wuthnow.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Wuthnow, Joel, author.
- Series:
- China strategic perspectives (National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies) ; 14.
- China strategic perspectives ; no. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--China.
- Police.
- Paramilitary forces--China.
- Paramilitary forces.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (45 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- People's Armed Police in an era of reform
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Defense University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Established in 1982, the People's Armed Police (PAP) is the paramilitary wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with a primary responsibility for maintaining domestic stability and a secondary role in providing rear area support for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during wartime. e PAP--with a strength of up to a million personnel--also lls a variety of other important roles and missions, such as responding to natural disasters, guarding govern- ment compounds, and participating in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations around the world. For most of its existence, the PAP was under the dual leadership of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the State Council, with provincial and local o cials granted signi cant latitude over PAP deployments in the event of emergencies. Some e orts to central- ize authority were made during the 1990s and 2000s, but the basic character of the PAP went unchanged for three decades. Under Xi Jinping's tenure, China has embarked on a series of major reforms to the PAP. is paper explores the key dimensions, drivers, and implications of the PAP reorganization.
- Contents:
- Executive summary.
- Introduction.
- Background.
- Key organizational changes.
- Drivers of reform.
- Challenges and indicators of further progress.
- Implications.
- Conclusion.
- Appendix: PAP grade structure.
- Notes.
- About the author.
- Notes:
- "April 2019."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-44).
- Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (INSS, viewed May 20, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wuthnow, Joel. China's other army
- OCLC:
- 1099526199
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