China’s People’s Liberation Army: Restructuring and Modernization-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

China’s People’s Liberation Army: Restructuring and Modernization

Published:2022-01-01 Issue:1 Volume:2 Page:84-95
ISSN:2545-3254
Container-title:Open Military Studies
language:en
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Author:

Tijerina Luis Lázaro¹,Baig Muhammad Ali²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Vermont College of Norwich University , Northfield , VT 05663 , United States

2. Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) , Sector F-5/2 , Islamabad , 44000 , Pakistan

Abstract

Abstract China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its various branches carry the prudent legacy of its ancient history. Since its creation in 1927, time and again, the PLA has acted as an effective arm of the vanguard party in establishing and securing the Heaven. Following the theoretical underpinnings of China’s paramount leader Mao, today the PLA is a formidable force capable of conducting operations in every domain of war. However, under President Xi Jinping, the PLA has undergone considerable restructuring and modernization. This article aims to briefly understand and analyse such structural reconfigurations and modernization plans. It uses academic, journalistic, and Sino-American official sources in exploring the PLA’s restructuring and modernization. It concludes that the PLA has undergone massive structural reconfiguration and modernization in terms of material and doctrine. It also highlights that the renewed deployments of the PLA under a renewed doctrinal awakening and a strategic thought could have a great impact on its future operations.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/openms-2022-0127/pdf

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