China's Military Modernization, Policy, and Strategy,

Abstract

Since the fall of 1976, China's military leadership has initiated the first sustained reappraisal of its military force structure and defense strategies and policies in close to twenty years. This essay will briefly assess these recent policy changes and their potential consequences. There are four objectives: to identify the political, military, strategic, and economic context of these changes; to explore the areas of particular concern to the military leadership; to evaluate how far-reaching the possibilities for policy change might actually be; and to consider the potential implications of these changes for China's overall political and military role in East Asia during the 1980s.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA111084

Entities

People

  • Jonathan D. Pollack

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Deterrence
  • Doctrine
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Military Doctrine
  • Military Modernization
  • National Security
  • Order Of Battle
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union