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Chinese military modernization and force development a Western perspective

China's military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asia-Pacific states. This report examines trends in Chinese strategy, military spending, and military forces based on Chinese defense white papers and other official Chinese sources; US re...

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Main Authors: Cordesman, Anthony H. (Author), Hess, Ashley (Author), Yarosh, Nicholas S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Center for Strategic and International Studies 2013
Subjects:
China > Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun > Reorganization
Military planning > China
National security > China
Military doctrine > China
Nuclear weapons > China
China > Armed Forces > Reorganization
China > Military policy > 21st century
China > Politics and government > 21st century
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Assessing China's armed forces
  • Underlying resources for China's security capabilities
  • Chinese strategy and PLA military doctrine
  • Chinese military organization and trends in total personnel
  • Chinese strategy and estimates of military spending
  • Broad patterns in PLA modernization and the role of arms and technology imports and exports
  • The PLA army
  • The PLA navy
  • PLA air force
  • PLA missile forces : the second artillery force
  • China's nuclear forces and weapons of mass destruction
  • Chinese military modernization and the Taiwan Strait military balance

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