TY - BOOK AU - YOU Ji TI - The armed forces of China SN - 1864487992 (pbk.): PY - 1999/// CY - Frenchs Forest, NSW PB - Allen & Unwin KW - ARMED FORCES KW - CHINA N2 - Provides an up to date picture of the PLA's central command, its evolving force structure, new weapons programmes, and the changing nature and role of each of its services. Includes chapters on the creation of a blue water navy, and China's nuclear weapons development program which, during the mid 1990s, was the most active such program in the world ER -