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Roundtable: Sizing the Chinese Military
Andrew Scobell et al. Asia Policy, July 2007 (.pdf file).

Guarding the West: China's New Mechanized Infantry Division
Martin Andrew. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, 16 May 2007.

New Developments in the PLA's Operational Doctrine
Nan Li. China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, 08 November 2006.

In the Shadow: Chinese Special Forces Build A 21st-Century Fighting Force
Scott J. Henderson. Special Warfare, July/August 2006 (.pdf file).

China Highlights Plans for High-Tech Army
The Associated Press, 26 May 2006. Posted on the Taiwan Security Research website.

China Builds Modern Marine Corps Force
James C. Bussert. Signal Magazine, April 2006.

Modernizing PLA Logistics
Martin Andrew. The Jamestown Foundation, 06 December 2005.

Special Operations Forces in the People's Liberation Army and the Development of an Integral Unconventional Warfare Mission
Xavier Gerard Smith. Naval Post Graduate School, June 2005.

Forecasting China's Military Spending Through 2025
RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

China's Army Show New Sophistication
Associated Press, 05 March 2004. Posted on Taiwan Security Research web site.

The Lessons of History:  The Chinese People's Liberation Army at 75
Laurie Burkitt, Andrew Scobell and Larry M. Wortzel. Strategic Studies Institute, July 2003. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website. (.pdf file).

PLA Seeks a New Leap Forward
Willy Lam. China Brief, The Jamestown Foundation, 03 June 2003.

The People's Liberation Army and China in Transition
Stephen J. Flanagan and Michael E. Marti. National Security Studies, NDU, 2003 (.pdf file).

Shock for the New PLA Strategists
Jasper Becker. South China Morning Post, 26 December 2001. Posted on the Taiwan Security Research website.

People's Liberation Army After Next
Susan M. Puska. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, August 2000.

Chinese Army Building in the Era of Jiang Zemin
Andrew Scobell. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College, July 2000. Posted on the Globalsecurity website.

The People's Liberation Army Looks to the Future.
Major Charles F. Hawkins (ret). Joint Force Quarterly (Summer 2000)

The Four Futures: Competing Schools of Military Thought inside the PLA
Charles F. Hawkins. Posted on the Taiwan Security Research Website. March 2000.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army: "Short Arms and Slow Legs"
Russell D. Howard. Institute for National Strategic Studies, September 1999.

The People's Liberation Army in the Information Age
J.C. Mulvenon and R.H. Yang. Santa Monica: Rand, 1999.

The People's Republic of China in Transition: An Assessment of the People's Liberation Army (pdf download)
Edward Atkeson. Arlington, VA: Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army, 1998.

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