Modernising the People’s Liberation Army: Aspiring to Be a Global Military Power

This volume examines the progress made by the Chinese military (the People’s Liberation Army) as it strives to meet its commander-in-chief’s directive to transform itself into a more capable fighting force.

James Char is Research Fellow with the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.