The PLA Beyond Borders: Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context

Authors

Joel Wuthnow, National Defense University, Washington D.C.
Arthur S. Ding, National Chengchi University
Phillip C. Saunders, National Defense University, Washington D.C.
Andrew Scobell, U.S. Institute of Peace
Andrew N.D. Yang, Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies
John Chen
Dean Cheng
Chung Chieh
Kieran Green
Kristen Gunness
Isaac B. Kardon
Ying-Yu Lin
Joe McReynolds
Jonah Victor
Shinji Yamaguchi

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Description

No longer confined to China’s land territory or its near abroad, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is conducting increasingly complex operations farther and farther from China’s continental borders. Within Asia, the PLA now regularly operates into the far reaches of the South China Sea and deep into the Western Pacific, enforcing China’s territorial claims and preparing to counter U.S. intervention in a regional conflict. Beyond Asia, the PLA is present on the ground, at sea, or in military exercises with foreign partners across the Indian Ocean and into the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Foreign militaries now regularly encounter the PLA, whether in tense incidents or friendly contacts, on their home turf and in the global commons.

Document Type

Book

Topic(s)

Chinese Military

First Country/Region

China

Publication Date

6-2021

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

ISBN

978-0-9968249-7-2

Keywords

CSCMA

Recommended Citation

Wuthnow, Joel; Ding, Arthur S.; Saunders, Phillip C.; Scobell, Andrew; Yang, Andrew N.D.; Chen, John; Cheng, Dean; Chieh, Chung; Green, Kieran; Gunness, Kristen; Kardon, Isaac B.; Lin, Ying-Yu; McReynolds, Joe; Victor, Jonah; and Yamaguchi, Shinji, "The PLA Beyond Borders: Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context" (2021). Books and Book Chapters. 1.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/books-and-book-chapters/1