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People's Liberation Army
Xi Jinping's PLA Ambitions: Why Guo Boxiong Had to Go
By Ankit Panda
Guo Boxiong is the latest PLA 'tiger' to fall to Xi's anti-corruption campaign.
How China Fights: The PLA’s Strategic Doctrine
By Ben Lowsen
The PLA is (quite likely) coming to your neighborhood. Read on to find out what they’ll be doing there.
US Experts Talk Chinese PLA Reform
By Ben Lowsen
What’s changed and why?
India-China Border: Another PLA Incursion?
By Ankit Panda
Plus, the OPM breach, Japan's navy in Southeast Asia, and North Korea's compact nuclear weapon. Security reads you may have missed.
Overview: China's People's Liberation Army Equipment at a Glance
By Ben Lowsen
Your reference guide for key People's Liberation Army equipment.
Without Foreign Military Tech, Where Would China's Military Be?
By Robert Farley
The overwhelming majority of Chinese technology depends on systems acquired from foreign producers.
The Implications of China’s Military Reforms
By Ying Yu Lin
What does China hope to achieve with the current round of military reforms?
China Military Commission Digs Deep to Root Out Corruption
By Ben Lowsen
The Chinese military’s Discipline Inspection Commission is spending Chinese New Year checking out the PLA’s “style.”
Xi Jinping Lays Down the Law for China’s Top Military News Outlet
By Ben Lowsen
Among his directives: “The PLA Daily must continue to take ‘Party’ as its surname."
US Admiral Warns of China’s and Russia’s Growing Space Weapons Arsenal
By Franz-Stefan Gady
In a speech, the head of U.S. Strategic Command also warned of China’s long-range precision strike weapons program.
China Finally Centralizes Its Space, Cyber, Information Forces
By John Costello
The changes will give China more confidence in its ability to deter and compel adversaries.
Is China's PLA Now Xi's Army?
By Bo Zhiyue
In China's most sweeping military reshuffle since the 1950s, Xi Jinping is creating an army that is loyal only to him.