As China struggles with its most serious financial crisis as a major power, it also faces the vital political challenge of maintaining civilian supremacy over its military. President Xi Jinping is trying to ensure that the People’s Liberation Army remains subordinate to the Chinese Communist Party as he transforms an institutionalized autocracy into a personal […]
Civil-Military Relations in Xi’s China
It will be difficult for the Communist Party to subordinate the Chinese military and turn it into a world-class military.
