Reshaping the Chinese Military

Richard A. Bitzinger is presently a Visiting Senior Fellow with the Military Transformations Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). He is author of Arming Asia: Technonationalism and its Impact on Local Defense Industries (2017).James Char is an Associate Research Fellow with the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. He is the principal editor of The People’s Liberation Army in the Xi Jinping Era (2017) and Reshaping the People’s Liberation Army since the 18th Party Congress (2016).

• Introduction: Reshaping the Chinese Military under Xi Jinping, Richard A. Bitzinger and James Char 1. Chinese Civil-Military Relations: Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign and the People’s Liberation Army, James Char 2. The People’s Liberation Army and China’s Taiwan Policy under Xi Jinping: One Joint Actor without its Own Agenda, Arthur S. Ding 3. A Worsening Sino-U.S. Geostrategic Battle in Asian Maritime Domains, You Ji 4. US-China Military Relations: Competition and Cooperation in the Obama and Trump Eras, Phillip C. Saunders and Julia G. Bowie 5. The People’s Liberation Army’s Perspectives on National Security: Institutional Interests and Party-Military Relations Under Xi, Yuan Jingdong 6. Space, The New Domain: Space Operations and Chinese Military Reforms, Kevin Pollpeter 7. Innovation in China’s Defense Technology Base: Foreign Technology and Military Capabilities, Tai Ming Cheung 8. Reforming China’s Defense Industry, Richard A. Bitzinger 9. The Business of Defense: The People’s Liberation Army and Defense-Industrial Development in China, Kenneth Boutin

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