Chinese Approaches to Strategy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Lorge
Keyword(s):  
Military History ◽  
The West ◽  
Complete Collection ◽  
Chinese Tradition ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
Chinese Military ◽  
The Way

Although discussions of war and military history were contained in many Chinese works, a number of books and essays focused solely and exclusively on discussing the way war worked, how armies functioned, how to fight in groups and individually, and how to think strategically. The tradition of writing about war was far more extensive in the Chinese tradition than in the West, with one modern collection, The Complete Collection of Chinese Military Books published by the People’s Liberation Army running to fifty volumes. Of those fifty volumes, many containing multiple works, less than a half-dozen texts have been translated into any modern language, including Chinese.

The Field Army in Chinese Communist Military Politics

1969 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Whitson
Keyword(s):  
Political Process ◽  
Military History ◽  
Formal Organization ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
Military Politics

Since their formal organization in February 1949, the “Field Armies” of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have fascinated various students of the Chinese Communist political process. Unfortunately their roles, other than those associated with combat, have never been carefully studied or defined. One of the consequences has been that most observers, especially Western observers, have neglected these institutions in their search for the origins and parameters of contemporary formal and informal power, collective and individual. In part, this neglect has reflected a dearth of essential research on Chinese Communist military biography and military history, without which neither the 1949 nor the 1968 military-political significance of the Field Armies could emerge from the superficial picture of them as triumphant masses of combat forces sweeping across the Mainland in 1950.

WHEN PARIS WAS “À L’HEURE CHINOISE” OR GEORGES POMPIDOU IN CHINA AND JEAN YANNE’S (1974) LES CHINOIS À PARIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine E. Clark
Keyword(s):  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Western Nation ◽  
Related Part ◽  
The Press ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
The Way

This article looks at two seemingly disparate events: Georges Pompidou’s 1973 presidential visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the filming and release of Jean Yanne’s blockbuster comedy Les Chinois à Paris (1974). Both produced flawed visions of Franco-Chinese relations. During Pompidou’s visit, officials and the press attempted to demonstrate that France enjoyed warmer relations with the PRC than any other Western nation. Yanne’s film parodied the French fad for Maoism by imagining the People’s Liberation Army invading and occupying Paris. His film caused an uproar in the press and sparked official Chinese protest. The article ultimately argues that the two events were deeply related, part of a wave of popular and official interest in China in the early 1970s that extended well beyond the well-known stories of student and intellectual Maoists. This interest paved the way for Franco-Chinese relations as we know them today.

Political indoctrination in the Chinese military: Towards a post-revolutionary People’s Liberation Army

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Juliette Genevaz
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
The Political ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
Party Control ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
Chinese Military ◽  
Ideological Change ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

This article examines the role played by the political indoctrination of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during China’s socio-economic reforms of 1987–2007. This period was a time of political transition during which the Chinese Communist Party transformed its ideology from a focus on revolution to a self-proclaimed unrivalled single-party regime. This article looks at how the party conveyed this ideological change to the armed forces. One of the four PLA general headquarters/departments, the PLA General Political Department (中国人民解放军总政治部), was responsible for the indoctrination of servicemen and -women. Examining the work of this agency over the 20 years following its major ideological effort in 1987, this article challenges the dominant literature according to which political indoctrination hinders military professionalization. The crux of this argument is that the General Political Department’s purpose behind indoctrination of the armed forces was not only to assert party control but also to build esprit de corps. Based on a series of previously untapped periodicals published by the General Political Department, this analysis contributes to understanding processes of authoritarian resilience in the contemporary Chinese state.

scholarly journals Harnessed Lightning: How the Chinese Military is Adopting Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Fedasiuk ◽  
◽  
Jennifer Melot ◽  
Ben Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Defense Industry ◽  
Export Control ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
Chinese Military

This report examines nearly 350 artificial intelligence-related equipment contracts awarded by the People’s Liberation Army and state-owned defense enterprises in 2020 to assess how the Chinese military is adopting AI. The report identifies China’s key AI defense industry suppliers, highlights gaps in U.S. export control policies, and contextualizes the PLA’s AI investments within China’s broader strategy to compete militarily with the United States.

On Photographs

1971 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 289-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick MacFarquhar
Keyword(s):  
Primary Level ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Way

Regarding the question of hanging the portraits of our leaders, the Central Authorities made a clear ruling as early as 29 March 1960… “In the organizations for ehe Party, the People's Liberation Army and the people's associations of various kinds, it is permitted to hang the portrait of Mao Tse-tung alone; it is also permitted to hang the portrait of Mao Tse-tung, Liu Shao-ch'i, Chou En-lai, Chu Te, Ch'en Yun, Lin Piao, Teng Hsiao-p'ing, seven persons. The manner of hanging these portraits is: if it is desirable to hang the seven portraits of Mao, Liu, Chou, Chu, Ch'en, Lin, Teng together, the portrait of Mao Tse-tung can be placed in the centre and the others on the two sides. It is also suitable to put the portrait of Mao Tse-tung in the first place and the others in order as indicated, and from left to right. According to our understanding there are now not a few units, especially the primary level units, which have not hung the portraits as described above. We are asking these units to inspect carefully the way in which these instructions have been carried out so that we may have a unified system according to the regulations of the Central Authorities.

scholarly journals El General Qi Jiguang, visionario y defensor de una nación

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
William Acevedo ◽  
Mei Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Font Size ◽  
People's Liberation Army ◽  
Northern Border ◽  
The World ◽  
People’S Liberation Army ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Ming Dynasty

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1550 d.C. China’s splendor during the Ming Dynasty was threatened by hostiles forces in the northern border as well as its eastern coasts. The appearance of Qi Jiguang, one of the most famous Chinese generals would change the way China trained its military leading to the creation of its first professional army. The following article will discuss the contributions of General Qi Jiguang and his legacy, which is carried on by one of the most powerful armies in the world, The People’s Liberation Army.</span></span></span></p>

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