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NUCLEAR WEAPONS--CHINA --- CHINA--MILITARY POLICY

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Foreign analysts have only begun to explore the contents, drivers, and possible implications of Xi's campaign to restructure the PLA. Many issues remain shrouded in uncertainty and warrant further examination. These include : what impacts the reforms are having on PLA operations, training, and logistics; the prospects for the ground forces as the reforms' nominal biggest loser, as well as the other services; challenges the PLA is facing in cultivating operational commanders; the structure, roles, and missions of the SSF and JLSF; how the downsizing is being carried out, and what impact it might have on social stability; the implications of reform for Party control over, and Xi's influence within, the PLA; whether and how the reforms will improve coordination between the PLA and the civilian science and technology sector; what the implications might be for the defense acquisition process. This volume explores these and other dimensions of China's military reforms as they were planned and implemented between 2013 and 2018.

CHINA--ARMED FORCES--REORGANIZATION --- CHINA--MILITARY POLICY

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CHINA--ARMED FORCES --- CHINA--DEFENSES --- CHINA--MILITARY POLICY

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China's military transformation is one of the major geo-strategic developments of the twenty-first century. Billions of dollars are being spent modernizing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) as China seeks to upgrade and expand its military capabilities to rival the US. In this cutting-edge analysis, the author explores the changes taking place within the PLA today, covering its ground, aerospace, and maritime forces, its ability to meet asymmetric threats, and the growing role played by the People's Armed Police in quelling dissent in China. He shows how these transformations in personnel, technology, and strategic goals are slowly driving a wedge between China's two most powerful institutions. Until recently, relations between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and PLA were harmonious, but as the PLA becomes increasingly professionalized and autonomous, so its unconditional loyalty to the ruling Party may weaken. The changing relationship between the CCP and PLA, he argues, is likely to have profound implications for China's own political development and the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region.

CHINA--ARMED FORCES --- CHINA--MILITARY POLICY --- CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS--CHINA

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Au rythme actuel, la Chine est susceptible de devenir, dans moins d'une generation, la premiere puissance economique mondiale. Pas un continent n'echappe a sa presence, a son influence. La modernisation rapide de son outil militaire, le developpement de son industrie de defense et de son programme spatial, de ses capacites financieres et intellectuelles, mais aussi la croissance spectaculaire de ses investissements dans le secteur R&D, font d'ores et deja de la Chine une puissance globale, c'est-a-dire capable de se mouvoir dans les trois dimensions, terrestre, maritime et spatiale. Comment interpreter, cependant, l'ecart entre les proclamations rassurantes sur le caractere pacifique et responsable de sa puissance, et la poursuite d'un rearmement massif, servi par le deuxieme budget miitaire du monde, qui pousse Pekin a bousculer un statu quo regional qui ne la satisfait plus et a se declarer prete a recourir a la force armee dans les disputes territoriales si on l'y obligeait ? Comment decrypter la strategie - ou l'absence de strategie - de ses dirigeants ? Nourri par des echanges organises sous l'egide de l'IRSEM, ce livre collectif rassemble les contributions de plus d'une vingtaine d'auteurs venus de divers horizons. Il offre une analyse de la strategie et de l'influence de la Chine dans les espaces qu'elle a investis de maniere provilegiee, de la fin de la Guerre froide au tournant des annees 2015-2016, et des tensions que l'accroissement de son role et de ses activites peut susciter. Il eclaire les differentes etapes de la modernisation militaire chinoise, de ses champs d'application, de ses sources d'inspiration et de transferts technologiques, mais aussi de ses limites. Il invite a la modestie des conclusions, au developpement et a l'approfondissement continu des etudes strategiques sur la Chine.

World politics --- China --- Foreign relations --- Military policy --- CHINA--FOREIGN RELATIONS --- CHINA--MILITARY POLICY --- World politics - 21st century --- China - Foreign relations - 21st century --- China - Military policy - 21st century