The evolution of China's maritime combat doctrines and models : 1949-2001

• Main Author: You, Ji
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90547; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4422
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Peoples' Liberation Army (NAVY) or PLAN (in short) is undergoing a major transition. Theorically, this transition is guided by a long term strategy laid down by Admiral Liu Huaqing in th early 1980s. In practice, however, it is being guided by a number of combat models driven by perceptions...