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CHINESE

MILITARY

Chinese Military: An Overview Air Force (China)


2,556 jet fighters 400 ground attack jets 470,000 airmen 1.9 million men 14,000 tanks 14,500 artillery pieces 453 helicopters

Ground Force

Chinese Military: An Overview


Navy
250,000 sailors 63 submarines

18 destroyers
35 frigates

Second Artillery Force


Strategic missile force

Peoples Armed Police

Chinese Military: An Overview

Defining Features of Chinese Military


A model for society Disciplined Devotion to duty Loyal to the Party Unafraid of hardship & death

Evolution of Chinese Military

Revival of Professionalism
(1978 present)
More attention to professional training
Advanced weaponry Modern & responsive force

Professional training
Party control & separation of army from

party

Chinese Military in the 21st Century

Strategic Issues
China as a rising economic superpower China on the world oil market China and Russia China, Russia, Peace Mission 2005 Putin in China, 2006 Security in Northeast Asia Taiwan Japan Korea

Chinese Military in the 21st Century

Strategic Issues
China as a rising economic

superpower

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