China's Fourth Modernization: Procedure and Effects on U. S. Foreign Policy

摘要

This paper deals with the modernization of China's National Defense sector. After the deaths of two of China's revolutionary leaders, China launched a program to improve the deficiencies of its armed forces. This thesis looks at this new emphasis, focusing on three different aspects. The first aspect deals with an examination of the international and domestic determinants surrounding the Chinese conclusion that it had to modernize its armed forces. This part stresses the inappropriateness of China's military doctrine in defending an adversary on a modern battlefield. The second aspect deals with the role of arms transfers, stressing the effect this procedure has had on the equipment, doctrine, personnel, and training of the military organization in China. The final aspect covered deals with the effect that modernization of China's armed forces will have on U.S. relations with China in the years ahead. (Author)