JSPES, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Spring 2009)
pp. 3-14

China Modernizes the World’s Largest Military

James H. Hughes

Albuquerque, New Mexico

For twenty years the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has engaged in an extensive military modernization program and increased its presence in the world. It recently noted that a profound readjustment in the international system was brewing. It will face a new American administration under President Obama.