نوسازي نظامي چين، اهداف، راهبردها

The Military Modernization of China: Objectives, Strategies

In 1990 decade afier the realization of the importance of sophisticated weapons in the Persian Gulf war (1990-1991), the process of revolution in military affairs, the increasing strategic concern due to the challenges posed hy the United States to the military interests of China in Taiwan, the emergence of Japan as a regional military power and also the military power of India and its increasing regional influence which made the occurrence of war more possible, one witnesses Chinaʹs inclination towards defence technology and modernization of Peopleʹs Liberation Army(PLA). Therefore in security thinking of China the priority of improving the military power has reached the level of priority of economie development. In this direction the Chinese leaders in the past decade taking into consideration the above changes have set strategic goals and adjusted their defence policies and have achieved enormous progress in defence technological Held.