GHISELLI Andrea <br/><br/>
Civil-military relations and organisational preferences regarding the use of the military in Chinese foreign policy :   insights from the debate on MOOTW/ 
Andrea Ghiselli 
 -  2020 
<br/><br/> The argument of this article is that the positions of the civilian leadership and the PLA on the role of the armed forces beyond traditional missions, such as the defence of the rule of the CCP and the protection of China's sovereignty and territorial integrity (including reunification with Taiwan), have diverged increasingly since the late 1990s. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS<br/>MILITARY OPERATIONS<br/>CHINA -- FOREIGN POLICY<br/>WAR