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China: Military

This bibliography provides users with a list of resources on foreign relations, policies, and military affairs. This resource will be updated periodically to facilitate the research, teaching and learning needs of the USAWC.

Books

Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA by National Defense National Defense University Press
Call Number: Root Hall - UA837 .C424 2019

ISBN: 9781070233420

Publication Date: 2019-02-22
China's Military Transformation by You Ji
Call Number: Root Hall - UA835 .Y674 2016

ISBN: 9780745670782

Publication Date: 2016-02-01
Crossing the Strait: China's Military Prepares for War with Taiwan by Wuthnow, Joel et al.
Call Number: Online eBook

ISBN: 9780996824989

Publication Date: 2022
The People in the PLA 2.0 by Antulio Echevarria (Editor-In-Chief); Richard Leach (Editorial Coordinator); Lori Janning (Editor); Stephanie Crider ((various roles)); Samantha Juliana (Editor); Jennifer Nevil (Composed by); Roy Kamphausen (Compiled by)
ISBN: 1584878312

Publication Date: 2021-07-22
When China Attacks by Grant Newsham
Call Number: Root Hall - DS779.47.N49 2023

ISBN: 9781684513659

Publication Date: 2023-03-28
Mao's Army Goes to Sea by Toshi Yoshihara
Call Number: Root Hall DS739 .Y67 2022

ISBN: 9781647122812

Publication Date: 2023-01-03
China's Gambit by Ketian Zhang
Call Number: Root Hall - DS779.47 .Z4223 2024

ISBN: 9781009423786

Publication Date: 2024-01-31

Articles

Artificial Intelligence Technology and China’s Defense System
Li, Jieruo. Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 5, no. 2 (March-April 2022): 104-114.
Assessing China-U.S. Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation
Riqiang, Wu. International Security 46, Issue 3 (Winter 2021/2022): 128–162.
"Blueprint to Counter China’s Criminal State Actions: Leveling the Playing Field for Strategic Competition."
Gardner, Jeff et al. Irregular Warfare Center: Insights 3, no. 2 (May 2025).
China's Atomic Pessimism and the Future of Arms Control
Hiim, Henrik Stålhane, and Magnus Langset Trøan. War on the Rocks (June 21, 2021).
"China Maritime Report No. 19: The PLA Airborne Corps in a Joint Island Landing Campaign."
Garafola, Cristina L. (2022). CMSI China Maritime Reports. 19.
"The China Threat."
Rice, Daniel. Air & Space Forces. (August 31, 2023)
Clarity Is a Superpower
Gottemoller, Rose. Hoover Digest, Number 2 (Spring 2022): 66-70.
Do China’s New Islands allow it to militarily dominate the South China Sea?
Pasandideh, Shahryar. Asian Security 17, no. 1 (January-April 2021): 1-24.
Drive Them into the Sea
Dunn, Brian J. Military Review (China Reader Special Edition September 2021) 248-260
Fight Fire with Fire: The PLA Studies Hybrid Warfare
Solen, Derek. China Aerospace Studies Institute (March 23, 2022)
Missile wars in the Asia Pacific: the threat of Chinese regional missiles and U.S.-allied missile defense response
Sankaran, Jaganath. Asian Security 17, no. 1 (January-April 2021): 25-45.
"The Law of Armed Conflict, the Law of Naval Warfare, and a PRC blockade of Taiwan."
McLauglin, Rob. Articles of War (January 30, 2023).
PLA Growth Not Slowed By COVID
Fanell, James E. Proceedings 148, Issue 5 (May 2022): 20-23. (Print journal available in USAHEC - Root).
The New Nuclear Age: How China's Growing Nuclear Arsenal Threatens Deterrence
Krepinevich, Andrew F, Jr. Foreign Affairs 101, Issue 3 (May-June 2022): 92-98, 100.
Understanding the Vulnerabilities in China’s New Joint Force
Bickers, David. Joint Force Quarterly, 103 (4th Quarter, 2021): 78-86.
Understanding the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force Strategy, Armament, and Disposition
Mihal, Christopher J. Military Review 101, no. 4 (July-August 2021): 16-30.
Wartime Challenges to the Chinese Submarine Force.
McCabe, Thomas R. SeaPower, Volume 66, Issue 8 (October 2023): 44-45 & 52. (Print journal available at Root Hall Library)
Xi Jinping’s PLA Reforms and Redefining 'Active Defense.
Tosi, Scott. Military Review (September-October 2023).

Papers & Reports

How China Fights in Large-Scale Combat Operations
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), 2025.

Databases & Websites

How China Fights
TRADOC site to optimize soldier knowledge about China.

Films & Videos

Army University Press: Near Peer: China (Understanding the Chinese Military) (2022)

CSIS : Pulling Back the Curtain on China's Maritime Militia (2021)

CSIS: Are China’s Military Logistics Better Than the Russian Military’s? (2022)

National Committee on US China Relations: Threat Inflation and the Chinese Military (2023)

Podcasts

National Committee on US China Relations

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