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Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2008
Department of Defense, 2008 (.pdf file).
The 'People' in the PLA: Recruitment, Training and Education in China's 80-Year-Old Military
Justin B. Liang and Sarah K. Snyder. National Bureau of Asian Research, 13 November 2007 (.pdf file).
The 2007 Report on the Chinese Military: The Top 10 List of Missing Topics
Dennis J. Blasko. Joint Force Quarterly, 4th Quarter 2007 (.pdf file).
Right Sizing the People's Liberation Army: Exploring the Contours of China's Military
Roy Kamphausen and Andrew Scobell, eds. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September 2007 (.pdf file).
Taiwan's Han Kuang 23 Military Exercise and the Offensive Counterstrike Debate
Michael S. Chase. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, 26 July 2007.
China's 2007 Military Training Guidelines and the PLA's Evolving Approach to Military Training
Michael S. Chase. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, 13 June 2007.
Report: China Biggest Asian Military Spender
The Associated Press, 11 June 2007.
Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2007
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Entering the Dragon's Lair: Chinese Antiaccess Strategies and Their Implications for the United States
Roger Cliff et al. RAND, 29 March 2007.
China's Defense White Paper: What It Does (and Doesn't) Tell Us
Christopher Griffin and Dan Blumenthal. China Brief, 24 January 2007. Posted on the American Enterprise website on 25 January 2007.
Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2007
Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2007 (.pdf file).
China's National Defense in 2006
Information Office of the State Council, People's Republic of China, 29 December 2006.
China's Evolving Military Doctrine
Nan Li, Eric McVadon and Qinghong Wang. Issues and Insights, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 2006. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).
The Chinese People's Liberation Army: Should the United States be Worried?
Mark Mohr, ed. Asia Program Special Report, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, December 2006 (.pdf file).
Shaping China's Security Environment: The Role of the People's Liberation Army
Andrew Scobell and Larry M. Wortzel, eds. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, October 2006 (.pdf file).
Total and Sub-Regional Balance: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia
Anthony H. Cordesman and Martin Kleiber. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 26 June 2006. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute (.pdf file).
The Military Power of the People's Republic of China
Peter W. Rodman. Statement to the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 22 June 2006. Posted on the US Consulate in Hong Kong website. (.pdf file).
Hearing on the FY2006 Report to Congress on Chinese Military Power
Mark Cozad. Testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 22 June 2006 (.pdf file).
The Bad News Gets Better: An Assessment of the Pentagon's 2006 PLA Report
Richard Fisher, Jr. International Assessment and Strategy Center, 11 June 2006.
The PLA's New Calculus for Force Posture
Martin Andrew. China Brief. The Jamestown Foundation, 07 June 2006.
If It Comes to a Shooting War ...
Victor N. Corpus. Asia Times, 20 April 2006.
Military Power of the People's Republic of China
Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress, 2006 (.pdf file).
Chinese Responses to U.S. Military Transformation and Implications for the Department of Defense
James C. Mulvenon et al. RAND, 2006.
Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2006
Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2006.
2005 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
109th Congress First Session, November 2005 (.pdf file)
Revving Up the China Threat
Michael T. Klare. The Nation, 24 October 2005.
US Analysts, Officials Worry About China's Military Rise
Agence France Presse, 23 October 2005. Posted on the Taiwan Security Research website.
PLA-Related Military Exercises Since 2000
People's Daily, 27 September 2005. Posted on the Taiwan Security Research website.
China's Military Power: An Assessment from Open Sources
Richard D. Fisher, Jr. Testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 27 July 2005. Posted on the Strategy Center website. (.pdf file).
China's Military Power
John J. Tkacik, Jr. Testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 27 July 2005. Posted on the Heritage Foundation website.
Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2005
Report to Congress. Department of Defense, 19 July 2005 (.pdf file).
Threat from China May Be Empty
Desmond Lachman. Australian Financial Review, 04 July 2005. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute website.
Special Operations Forces in the People's Liberation Army and the Development of an Integral Unconventional Warfare Mission
Xavier Gerard Smith. Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005 (.pdf file).
Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2004
Report to Congress. Department of Defense, 28 May 2004. Posted on the School of Pacific and Asian Studies website.
China's Military Modernization and the Cross-Strait Balance
US-China Economic Security Review Commission, 06 February 2004.
Moving the Enemy: Operational Art in the Chinese PLA's Huai Hai Campaign
Gary J. Bjorge. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2004 (.pdf file).
Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China
Report to Congress, 28 July 2003. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website (.pdf file).
Beijing Plans to Reorganize Its Armed Forces
John Pomfret. Washington Post, 11 June 2003. Posted on the Taiwan Security Research website.
China Seen Decades Behind U.S. in Military Might
Carol Giacomo. Reuters, 22 May 2003. Posted on Taiwan Security Research web site.
Chinese Military Power
Harold Brown, Joseph W. Prueher and Adam Segal. Council on Foreign Relations, 2003. Posted on the CIAOnet website. (.pdf file).
Cold War Corpse: A Commentary on the U.S. Defense Department's Report on the PLA Military Strength
Xue Xiang and Luo Yuan. Xinhuanet, 25 July 2002. Posted on the U.S.-China Commission website.
U.S.-China Security Review Commission 2002 Annual Report
International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, 15 July 2002.
Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China
Report to Congress, July 2002. Department of Defense.
China's Military Might...Maybe
Asia Times, 2002.
China Explores Ways to Defeat Superior U.S.
Forces In Fight
David Wood. San Francisco Chronicle, 20 April 2001. Posted on
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Myths and Realities of China's Military
Power
Thomas Bickford. Foreign Policy In Focus Policy Brief, Volume 6,
Number 14. April 2001
The Asian Military Balance
Anthony Cordesman. Center For Strategic & International Studies.
PLA WarZone campaign doctrine: V 2.0
Andy Chan. 10 Feb 2001.
Papers from "Chinese Military Studies: A Conference on the State of the Field." China Studies Center, National Defense University. Washington, DC. 26-27 October 2000.
The People's Liberation Army-Navy: Ten Issues
Bernard D. Cole.
China's Aviation Capabilities
Kenneth W. Allen.
Dragons in
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Anonymous.
PLA
Ground Forces: Topics for Additional Study
Dennis J. Blasko.
PLA
Organization and Management
John F. Corbett, Jr. and Edward C. O'Dowd.
Questions about the Air Battle Dimension of the PLA's Developing
Information-strike Combine
Richard D. Fisher Jr.
Thoughts and
Questions about PLA Ground Forces
Harlan W. Jencks.
Ruminations
about how little we know about the PLA Navy
Michael McDevitt.
Space, Theater Missiles, and Electronic Warfare: Emerging Force Multipliers for
the PLA Aerospace Campaign
Mark A. Stokes.
House Armed Services Committee hearing on Chinese military capabilities, Washington, DC. 19 July 2000
Testimony of Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
Testimony of June Teufel Dreyer. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.
Testimony of Stephen Blank. Posted on the Globalsecurity.org website.
Testimony of Bates Gill. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.
China's Military Capabilities
Frank W. Moore, Institute for Defense And Disarmament Studies, June 2000.
Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China.
Report to Congress Pursuant to the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act. Washington, DC: DOD, June 2000.
The Asian and Chinese Military Balance (.pdf)
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, January 2000.
The Asian and Chinese Military Balance
Anthony Cordesman. Washington DC: CSIS, January 2000.
Chinese Warfare: The Paradox of Unlearned Lessons
Ralph Sawyer. American Diplomacy, December 1999.
The Chinese Armed Forces in the 21st Century
Larry Wortzel. Strategic Studies Institute, December 1999. Posted on the Globalsecurity website.
Trends in the Asian Military Balance
Anthony Cordesman. Washington DC: CSIS, July 1999
China's Hollow Military
Bates Gill and Michael O'Hanlon. Brookings Institution, Summer 1999. Posted on the Find Articles website.
Strength Gap is the Reality
Zhang Zhaozhong. The Global Times, Beijing, 20 July 1999. Posted on the U.S.-China Commission website.
China's Military Potential
Larry M. Wortzel. Strategic Studies Institute, October 1998. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.
Reality Check: Assessing the Chinese Military Threat
Ronald N. Montaperto. Progressive Policy Institute, April 1998. Posted on the PPI Online website..
On the Myth of Chinese Power Projection Capabilities
Rick Reece. Breakthroughs (Spring 1998). Posted on the Project on Defense Alternatives Website.
Chinese Development of her Military Capabilities
Nicholas Marsh. UK Defense
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