The PLA’s Role in China’s Regional Security Strategy

• Main Author: Qi, Dapeng
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88073; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40007
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

National development has gradually replaced national survival as the focus of China’s national security strategy. Accordingly, the PLA has been assigned the new mission of ensuring China’s development interests. Compared to the emphasis on the means of military confrontation and conflict in safeguar...