scholarly journals People's Liberation Army Air Force Operations over Water: Maintaining Relevance in China's Changing Security Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Cozad ◽  
Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Chase ◽  
Kenneth Allen ◽  
Benjamin Purser

2016 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Lance L P GORE

The overhaul of the People’s Liberation Army will move it away from its Soviet-style command and control structures towards the American model, which is believed to be more adapted to the new security environment and facilitates long distance power projection to protect China’s far-flung national interest abroad. The Communist Party’s organisational presence is reaffirmed to ensure the loyalty of the military as the Party considers it the ultimate source of its power and final defence of its rule.


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