Professionalization of the Senior Chinese Officer Corps: Trends and Implications (MR-901)
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This report examines long-term trends in Chinese military institutional development and assesses their impacts upon the future evolution of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
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This report documents one component of a larger RAND effort to analyze key factors influencing China's emergent national security strategies, policies, and military capabilities, and their potential consequences for longer-term U.S. national security interests. Specifically, this report evaluates demographic and cohort changes in the officer corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), examining both cohort alignment and professionalizing trends in retirement, education, and functionalspecialization.The report was produced under the aegis of a project entitled Chinese Global and Regional Strategy and U.S. Policy: Dynamics and Implications.This research was sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. It was carried out under the auspices of the International Security and Defense Policy Center within RAND's National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies. Supplemental funding was provided by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy.
Professionalization of the Senior Chinese Officer Corps: Trends and Implications (MR-901)
Professionalization of the Senior Chinese Officer Corps: Trends and Implications,James C. Mulvenon,RAND Corporation,0833025430,China,China.,Cohort analysis,Demographic transition,Military Science,Officers,Political Freedom & Security - International Secur,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun,Military life & institutions,Non-Classifiable
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