1st Edition

Chinese Civil-Military Relations The Transformation of the People's Liberation Army

Edited By Nan Li Copyright 2006
228 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This new book addresses three key issues: What has changed in Chinese civil-military relations? What can account for changes? And what are the implications for Chinese security policy and strategic behaviour? It tackles these questions by keenly assessing civil-military dynamics in elite politics; such dynamics in national security and arms control policy; relations between commanders and... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction

Nan Li

The Chinese Army in Domestic Politics: Factors and Phases

Ellis Joffe

China’s Evolving Civil-Military Relations: Creeping Guojiahua

Andrew Scobell

Deferring to National Interest: Arms Control and Civil-Military Relations in China

Jing-dong Yuan

Civil-Military Dynamics in Chinese Defense Industry and Arms Policy: An Approaching Tipping Point

Kathleen A. Walsh

Sorting Out the Myths about Political Commissars

You Ji

Servant of Two Masters: the PLA, the People, and the Party

Dennis J. Blasko

Company Province: Civil-Military Relations in Xinjiang

Yitzhak Shichor

China’s Expenditure for Militia and People’s Armed Police

Shaoguang Wang

The PLA and its Changing Economic Roles: Implications for

Civil-Military Relations

Thomas J. Bickford

Dual-Use Technologies, Civil-military Integration, and

China’s Defense Industry

Richard A. Bitzinger

Biography

Nan Li