Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China
A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
C O N T E N T S
PREFACE I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY III
CHAPTER ONE: UNDERSTANDING CHINA’S STRATEGY 1
CHAPTER TWO: CHINA’S FORCES, CAPABILITIES, AND POWER PROJECTION 45
CHAPTER THREE: OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES ON CHINA’S PERIPHERY 103
CHAPTER FOUR: THE PLA’S GROWING GLOBAL PRESENCE 133
CHAPTER FIVE: RESOURCES & TECHNOLOGY FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION 147
CHAPTER SIX: US-PRC DEFENSE CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES 155
SPECIAL TOPIC: PRC VIEWS ON STRATEGIC STABILITY 158
SPECIAL TOPIC: PRC VIEWS OF INFORMATION AND INFORMATION DOMINANCE 160
SPECIAL TOPIC: THE PLA’S EXPANDED MILITARY DIPLOMACY 163
APPENDIX I: PRC AND TAIWAN FORCES DATA 165
APPENDIX II: DEFENSE CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES 168
APPENDIX III: SELECTED PLA BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL EXERCISES IN 2021 169
APPENDIX IV: ABBREVIATIONS 170