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Chinese military reforms in the age of Xi Jinping : drivers, challenges, and implications / by Joel Wuthnow and Phillip C. Saunders.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Wuthnow, Joel, author.
- Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- author.
- Series:
- China strategic perspectives (National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies) ; 10.
- China strategic perspectives ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun--Reorganization.
- China.
- China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.
- China--Armed Forces--Reorganization.
- China--Military policy.
- China--Armed Forces--Operational readiness.
- Unified operations (Military science).
- Administrative agencies--Reorganization.
- Armed Forces--Operational readiness.
- Armed Forces--Reorganization.
- Military policy.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (87 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington. D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has embarked on its most wide-ranging and ambitious restructuring since 1949, including major changes to most of its key organizations. The restructuring reflects the desire to strengthen PLA joint operations capabilities--on land, at sea, in the air, and in the space and cyber domains. The reforms could result in a more adept joint warfighting force, though the PLA will continue to face a number of key hurdles to effective joint operations. Several potential actions would indicate that the PLA is overcoming obstacles to a stronger joint operations capability. The reforms are also intended to increase Chairman Xi Jinping's control over the PLA and to reinvigorate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organs within the military. Xi Jinping's ability to push through the reforms indicates that he has more authority over the PLA than his recent predecessors. The restructuring could create new opportunities for U.S.-China military contacts.
- Contents:
- Executive summary.
- Introduction.
- A new PLA organization.
- Drivers of reform.
- Political strategy to implement the reforms.
- Implications.
- Next steps and areas for further research.
- Conclusion.
- Appendix 1. Leadership.
- Appendix 2. Central Military Committee departments.
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes.
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- "March 2017."
- G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-86).
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed May 3, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wuthnow, Joel. Chinese military reforms in the age of Xi Jinping
- OCLC:
- 985369237
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