China Formulates Assertive Military Strategy

by D. S. Rajan

( June 2, 2015, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued the government’s first white paper on “China’s Military Strategy” on 26 May 2015.

The 25-page document of about 9,000 Chinese characters, is the ninth one to be issued by China since 1998; unlike the last edition brought out in 2013 which among others revealed for the first time the military strength of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as 1.483 million personnel divided into 18 different corps,   the current one does not give any such fact or figure, and instead focuses exclusively on what should be China’s military strategy; this has happened for the first time.

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