Is the PLA really on the march? Critiquing the Pentagon's latest report on Chinese military power

• Main Author: Bitzinger, Richard A.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90884; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/5963
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The release of the U.S Defence Department’s latest report Chinese military power (CMP) raises concerns not so much as to Chinese military developments but as to how the U.S military perceives these developments. The decided disconnect between perception and reality is potentially worrisome in that i...