TY - BOOK AU - KHANNA Monty TI - Understanding China's naval ship building industry - lessons India can learn CY - 2019 KW - CHINA KW - SHIPBUILDING KW - SHIPYARDS KW - MDL KW - GRSE KW - GSL KW - HDZH KW - JNCX KW - YARD EFFICIENCY KW - CONSOLIDATION OF SHIPYARDS N2 - This article examines the major shipbuilding programmes of the PLA Navy (PLAN) with the purpose of assessing the capabilities of the shipyards engaged in their construction. It analyses the reasons underpinning the Chinese Navy's ability to convert capital into assets in an efficient, time-bound, and cost-effective manner. It also examines the PLAN's organisation, structure, scale and best practices, with the aim of identifying those tenets that could be adopted by Indian shipyards to boost efficiency. The piece concludes by making recommendations on these issues UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09733159.2019.1631512 ER -