Four reports from the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies examine crucial issues involving the Chinese military: assessing Chinese military transparency; civil-military relations in China and the PLA's role in elite politics; China's out of area naval operations; and China's quest for advanced military aviation technologies (buy, build or steal).
Assessing Chinese Military Transparency * Executive Summary * Introduction * Overview * Methodology * Ratings for China's 2008 Defense White Paper * China's Defense White Papers from 1998 to 2008 * Comparison: China and ASEAN Member States * Comparison: China and Other East Asian and Asia-Pacific White Papers * Conclusions * Appendix: Definitions and Rating Criteria
Civil-Military Relations in China: Assessing the PLA's Role in Elite Politics * Executive Summary * Introduction * Five Key Trends in Civil-Military Relations * Theoretical Models * Cases. * Conclusion * Future Directions
China's Out of Area Naval Operations: Case Studies, Trajectories, Obstacles, and Potential Solutions * Executive Summary * Introduction * Approach and Methodology * Organization * Sources * History and Case Studies * Other Military Case Studies * Analysis * Strategy, Operations, and Policy
Buy, Build, or Steal: China's Quest for Advanced Military Aviation Technologies * Approaches to Technology Development and Procurement * Build, Buy, or Steal * Hybrid Approaches: * Reverse Engineering, Coproduction, and Codevelopment * PLAAF Technology Procurement Strategies: * Past, Present, and Future * The Era of Sino-Soviet Defense Cooperation (1950-1960) * Sino-Soviet Split to the Reform Era (1960-1977) * New Windows of Opportunity (1977-1989) * New Partners, New Strategies (1989-2004) * Looking Forward: Chinese Military Aviation Technology Procurement * (2004-Present) * Conclusion
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