Publisher's Synopsis
Presents papers from a conference that evaluated new methodologies and trends in research on the Chinese PeopleOs Liberation Army. Papers from a conference sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, held in Washington, D.C., 2001. The conference brought together many of the worldOs top experts to evaluate new methodologies and trends in research on the Chinese PeopleOs Liberation Army (PLA), especially with regard to Internet- and primary inquiries on PLA affairs.
