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“People's War under Modern Conditions”: A Doctrine for Modern War*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Ellis Joffe
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The 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) finds it in the throes of a dramatic reform process that has discarded the principles and practices advocated by its founder. Necessitated by the sorry state of the PLA at the end of the Maoist period and facilitated by the sweeping political changes that have occurred since then, this process seeks to convert the Chinese army into a modern and professional force. Although large-scale weapons updating has been ruled out for economic and technological reasons, nevertheless considerable progress has been made, while in other areas the changes have been fundamental and far-reaching.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 112 , December 1987 , pp. 555 - 571
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1987

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