PLA Under Xi Jinping: New Direction in Strategic Thinking?

Following Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power at the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress, he appears to have a free hand in reforming the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). This will require continuing the PLA’s modernisation of its hardware, but also of its ‘heartware,’ that is, operational cu...

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Main Authors: Char, James, Bitzinger, Richard Allan
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86570
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44080
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Following Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power at the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress, he appears to have a free hand in reforming the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). This will require continuing the PLA’s modernisation of its hardware, but also of its ‘heartware,’ that is, operational culture, military ethos, and professionalism.