Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 01/2015

Chinese Strategy and Military Power in 2014

Anthony H. Cordesman

November 2014

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

This report tracks and analyzes trends in Chinese military strategy, force structure, and regional activity. Open source material is used to detail how each branch of the People’s Liberation Army has pursued modernization. Chinese perspectives on their military’s role and development are featured, as well as the views of other relevant regional actors.