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96. David M. Finkelstein, ‘‘Initial Thoughts on the Reorganization and Reform
of the PLA,’’ CNA, January 15, 2016, 14.
97. 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;
David M. Finkelstein, ‘‘Initial Thoughts on the Reorganization and Reform of the
PLA,’’ CNA, January 15, 2016, 13; and Kelsey Davenport, ‘‘China Elevates Nuclear
Rocket Force,’’ Arms Control Today 46:2 (March 2016): 34.
98. David M. Finkelstein, ‘‘Initial Thoughts on the Reorganization and Reform
of the PLA,’’ CNA, January 15, 2016, 14; Li Xuanliang, Zhang Xuanjie, and Li
Qinghua, ‘‘Meeting on Establishment of Army Leading Organ, Rocket Force, Strategic
Support Force Held in Beijing; and Xi Jinping Confers Military Banners to
Army, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force Units of the People’s Liberation Army
and Delivers Speech,’’ Xinhua, January 1, 2016.
99. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 2;
David M. Finkelstein, ‘‘Initial Thoughts on the Reorganization and Reform of the
PLA,’’ CNA, January 15, 2016, 13.
100. John Costello, ‘‘The Strategic Support Force: China’s Information Warfare
Service,’’ Jamestown Foundation, February 8, 2016; Qiu Yue, ‘‘Expert: PLA Strategic
Support Force a Key Force to Win Wars,’’ China Military Online, January 6,
2016; and Qiu Yue, ‘‘Expert: The Strategic Support Force Will Function in the
Whole Process of Operations as the Key to Winning,’’ Renmin Wang, January 5,
2016.
101. Junichi Takeda, ‘‘President Xi’s Strong Army Strategy,’’ Military Research
(Japan), May 1, 2016, 50–65; John Costello, ‘‘The Strategic Support Force: China’s
Information Warfare Service,’’ Jamestown Foundation, February 8, 2016.
102. Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard, ‘‘China Says Defense Spending Pace to
Slow, to Improve Intelligence,’’ Reuters, March 5, 2016.
103. International Monetary Fund, ‘‘World Economic Outlook Database,’’ April
2016; China’s National People’s Congress, Full Text: Report on China’s Central,
Local Budgets (2016), March 23, 2016.
104. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 77.
105. Center for Strategic and International Studies, China Power, ‘‘What Does
China Really Spend on its Military?’’
106. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 77.
107. Sam Perlo-Freeman, ‘‘Economics Trumps Geopolitics as China Announces
Lowest Defence Budget Increase in Years,’’ Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute, March 7, 2016.
108. Center for Strategic and International Studies, China Power, ‘‘What Does
China Really Spend on its Military?’’
109. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 § Pub. L. No. 114–113, 129 STAT.
2333 (2015); Joe Gould, ‘‘Congress Includes $572.7B for DoD in Spending Bill,’’ Defense
News, December 16, 2016.
110. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, ‘‘SIPRI Military Expenditure
Database.’’ https://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers.
111. Chris Buckley and Jane Perlez, ‘‘China Military Budget to Rise Less Than
8%, Slower Than Usual,’’ New York Times, March 4, 2016.
112. Xinhua, ‘‘China to Raise 2016 Defense Budget by 7–8 pct: Spokesperson,’’
March 4, 2016.
113. Tom Mitchell, ‘‘China Military Budget Hit by Economic Slowdown, Says Xi
Jinping,’’ Financial Times, May 25, 2016.
114. Andrew S. Erickson and Adam P. Liff, ‘‘China’s Military Spending Swells
Again Despite Domestic Headwinds,’’ Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2015.
115. Mark Magnier, ‘‘China Lowers Growth Target to 6.5%-7% Range This Year,’’
Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2016.
116. Chris Buckley and Jane Perlez, ‘‘China Military Budget to Rise Less Than
8%, Slower Than Usual,’’ New York Times, March 4, 2016; Andrew S. Erickson and
Adam P. Liff, ‘‘Demystifying China’s Defence Spending: Less Mysterious in the Aggregate,’’
China Quarterly 216 (March 25, 2013): 808.
117. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 77.
118. International Monetary Fund, ‘‘World Economic Outlook Database,’’ April
2016.
119. Trading Economics, ‘‘China Inflation Rate.’’ http://www.tradingeconomics.com.
120. Sam Perlo-Freeman, ‘‘Economics Trumps Geopolitics as China Announces
Lowest Defence Budget Increase in Years,’’ Stockholm International Peace Research
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