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67. Tim Kelly, ‘‘Japan Says Chinese Military Activity in East China Sea Escalating,’’
Reuters, June 30, 2016.
68. Kiyoshi Takenaka, ‘‘Japan Jet Scrambles against China Planes Double in
January-March,’’ Reuters, April 22, 2016.
69. Mari Yamaguchi and Didi Tang, ‘‘Japan Denies Its Jets Were Provocative in
Chinese Encounter,’’ Associated Press, July 5, 2016.
70. M. Taylor Fravel, ‘‘China’s Changing Approach to Military Strategy: The
Science of Military Strategy from 2001 and 2013,’’ in Joe McReynolds, ed., China’s
Evolving Military Strategy, Jamestown Foundation, 2016, 46; U.S. Department of
Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving
the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 1.
71. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, i.
72. M. Taylor Fravel, ‘‘China’s Changing Approach to Military Strategy: The
Science of Military Strategy from 2001 and 2013,’’ in Joe McReynolds, ed., China’s
Evolving Military Strategy, Jamestown Foundation, 2016, 46; Xinhua, ‘‘Central Military
Commission’s Opinions on Deepening Reforms of National Defense and Armed
Forces,’’ January 1, 2016; Kevin McCauley, ‘‘PLA Transformation: Difficult Military
Reforms Begin,’’ Jamestown Foundation, September 18, 2015; James Mulvenon, ‘‘Rearranging
the Deck Chairs on the Liaoning? The PLA Once Again Considers Reorganization,’’
China Leadership Monitor 43 (Fall 2015): 3; Wen Zhizhong, ‘‘Thoroughly
Understanding the Major Theoretical Perspectives, Major Strategic Thinking, and
Major Policy-Making Arrangements Put Forward by the Third Plenary Session of
the 18th Central Committee,’’ Guangzhou Zhanshi Bao, November 26, 2013; and
Xinhua, ‘‘CPC Central Committee Decision on Deepening of Reforms,’’ November 15,
2013.
73. Xinhua, ‘‘Central Military Commission’s Opinions on Deepening Reforms of
National Defense and Armed Forces,’’ January 1, 2016.
74. Xinhua, ‘‘Central Military Commission’s Opinions on Deepening Reforms of
National Defense and Armed Forces,’’ January 1, 2016; Kevin N. McCauley, ‘‘PLA
Transformation: Difficult Military Reforms Begin,’’ Jamestown Foundation, September
18, 2015; James Mulvenon, ‘‘Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Liaoning?
The PLA Once Again Considers Reorganization,’’ China Leadership Monitor 43 (Fall
2015): 4; Wen Zhizhong, ‘‘Thoroughly Understanding the Major Theoretical Perspectives,
Major Strategic Thinking, and Major Policy-Making Arrangements Put Forward
by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee,’’ Guangzhou
Zhanshi Bao, November 26, 2013; Song Zhongping, ‘‘The Requirement for ‘Winning
Battles’ Makes Military Reform a Pressing Concern,’’ Guoji Xianqu Daobao, November
25, 2013; and Xinhua, ‘‘In Order to Implement the 18th CPC National Congress
Strategic Plan for the Comprehensive Deepening of Reforms, the Third Plenary Session
of the 18th CPC Central Committee Has Studied Several Major Issues Concerning
the Comprehensive Deepening of Reforms and Reached the Following Decision,’’
November 15, 2013.
75. Yao Yijiang and Lu Zhengtao, ‘‘The ‘2013 China Defense Affairs Annual Report:’
Next Stop for the People’s Liberation Army—More Professional, More Career-
Oriented,’’ Nanfang Zhoumo, February 21, 2014.
76. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 3.
77. Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow, ‘‘China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing
PLA Organizational Reforms,’’ Institute for National Strategic Studies, April 20,
2016, 1.
78. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, May 2016, 3; Phillip
C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow, ‘‘China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing PLA Organizational
Reforms,’’ Institute for National Strategic Studies, April 20, 2016, 2, 5;
and Kenneth Allen, Dennis J. Blasko, John F. Corbett, ‘‘The PLA’s New Organizational
Structure: What is Known, Unknown and Speculation (Part 1),’’ Jamestown
Foundation, February 4, 2016.
79. James Mulvenon, ‘‘ ‘China’s Goldwater-Nichols’? The Long-Awaited PLA Reorganization
Has Finally Arrived,’’ China Leadership Monitor 49 (March 1, 2016):
2; U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on Developments
in China’s Military Force Projection and Expeditionary Capabilities, written testimony
of David M. Finkelstein, January 21, 2016.
80. Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow, ‘‘China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing
PLA Organizational Reforms,’’ Institute for National Strategic Studies, April
2016, 2.
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