CIAO DATE: 10/2014
September 2014
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) face a critical need to improve their understanding of how each is developing its military power and how to avoid forms of military competition that could lead to rising tension or conflict between the two states. This report focuses on China’s military developments and modernization and how they are perceived in the US, the West, and Asia.
Resource link: Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development: Chinese and Outside Perspectives [PDF] - 11M