Articles in Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA

China Threat Theory — An Appraisal

China Threat Theory — An Appraisal

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 13 Dec , 2015

People are spreading the China Threat Theory and trying to split China, which not only hurts China, but also is not in the interest of world peace, stability and development. Those people who...

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China Threat in Russia

China Threat in Russia

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 01 Dec , 2015

At the official level, Russia is actively working at developing cooperation with China in the economic and political arenas. At a meeting in the Kremlin with Russian diplomats in July 1995,...

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Chinese Military Strategy: War Zone Campaign Concept

Chinese Military Strategy: War Zone Campaign Concept

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 07 Nov , 2015

The end of the Cold War, denied the PLA the opportunity to fight a protracted, manpower-based total war with deep depth as prospects of foreign invasion on China had reduced. On the other hand,...

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Evolution of China’s Military Strategy

Evolution of China’s Military Strategy

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 31 Mar , 2015

Some of the major events of the recent past, that have influenced Chinese strategists in seeking a contemporary military strategy have been the Tiananmen incident of 1989; the weakening and then the...

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Modernization of the Chinese Army

Modernization of the Chinese Army

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 11 Jan , 2015

The gross structure of how the PLA elements are organized is fairly discernible. The Army is divided into main forces (including the Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF), independent formations and the...

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Modernization of the Chinese Air Force

Modernization of the Chinese Air Force

By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Book Excerpt: Modernization of Chinese PLA | Date: 28 Dec , 2014

Of all the PLA, PLAAF has been the slowest to modernize. In many respects this is linked to its history. The air force’s close identification with Minister of Defense Lin Biao and leftist...

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