Soldiers of fortune: the rise and fall of the Chinese military-business complex 1978-1998
MULVENON James
Soldiers of fortune: the rise and fall of the Chinese military-business complex 1978-1998 - Armonk, NY, USA: M E Sharpe, 2001 - 283p.
Describes how the PLA first came to be involved in commercial activities, how this grew to around twenty thousand businesses by the late 1980s, and how the PLA has responded to official banning of its business involvement in 1998.
0765605805 (pbk.)
CHINA--ARMED FORCES--COMMERCE
Soldiers of fortune: the rise and fall of the Chinese military-business complex 1978-1998 - Armonk, NY, USA: M E Sharpe, 2001 - 283p.
Describes how the PLA first came to be involved in commercial activities, how this grew to around twenty thousand businesses by the late 1980s, and how the PLA has responded to official banning of its business involvement in 1998.
0765605805 (pbk.)
CHINA--ARMED FORCES--COMMERCE