Civil-Military Relations in Post-Deng China

Nan Li is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He has published extensively on Chinese security and military policy and China’s maritime development. He was a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and received a PhD in political science from the Johns Hopkins University.

• 1. Introduction: Analytical Puzzle, Literature Review, Central Arguments, And Methodological Considerations.- 2.  Evolving Functions Of The Party And Political Work System In The PLA.- 3. The PLA And Intra-CCP Leadership Power Struggle In The Eras Of Mao Zedong And Deng Xiaoping.- 4. Top Leaders And The PLA In The Post-Deng Era.- 5. Circulation Of Elites Across The Civil-Miliary Institutional Boundareis.- 6. Explaining The Evolution Of Civil-Military Relations From Symbiosis To Quasi-Institutionalization In China.- 7. Major Implications For China’s National Security, Political-Military Cooperation, And Inter-Agency Policy Coordination.- 8. Conclusion: Institutional Changes And Possible Role Of The Miltiary In Transition To The Post-Xi Jinping Leadership.