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Playing To Win: Chinese Army Building in the Era of Jiang Zemin
- Asian Perspective
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 25, Number 1, 2001
- pp. 73-105
- 10.1353/apr.2001.0033
- Article
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Abstract:
This article analyzes China’s defense establishment under the leadership of Jiang Zemin and assesses the political and economic determinants of Beijing’s effort to modernize its armed forces. Four possible army-building strategies are outlined: “play the superpower game,” “play to its strengths,” “change the rules of the game,” or “don’t play the game.” The factors that will determine the selection of a strategy are examined and the most likely army-building strategy is identified.