Iron and Nail: Civil-Military Relations in the Peopleâs Republic of China

Wei-Chin Lee

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Iron and Nail: Civil-Military Relations in the Peopleâs Republic of China

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Pages:: 132â148

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004474352_010

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Abstract

A recurrent theme in China studies is the influence of the military in power politics and the extent to which its particular interests are under civilian control. Since Dengâs resurgence to power, the Peopleâs Liberation Army (PLA) seems to have fallen into disfavor, but a reexamination of civil-military relations in the PRC shows that the situation is complex. Dengâs many military reforms have hardly created an apolitical professional military and the PLA still plays a significant role in Chinese politics. At the same time, because of Dengâs reforms and the particular nature of Party-military relationships in China, military takeover of the Communist Party authority remains unlikely.

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Civil Military Interaction in Asia and Africa

Series:Â International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Volume: 55

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004474352

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 1991

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  - Comparative Social Sciences

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