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18. The U.S. Secretary of State confirmed in Beijing that the
Chinese military had stopped tailing U.S. spy planes in the South
and East China Seas. See the transcript of his speech from the
news conference in Beijing during his first China visit as Secretary
of State in July 2001.
19. The Writing Group of the PLA NDU, 国防发展战略学教
程 (The textbook for teaching the course of development strategy
of national defense), Beijing, China: The PLA NDU Press, 1990, p.
232; and Ku Guisheng (谷贵生), “社会主义市场经济与国防建设”
(“The socialist market economy and the military development”),
中国人民解放军国防大学学报 (The Journal of the PLA National Defence
University), No. 6, 1993, p. 46
20. On July 25, 2004, the Politburo convened a meeting to formulate
the country’s grand national development strategy. 富国
强兵 (prosperous nation and powerful military) was confirmed as
the foundation for the strategy that has tremendous effect to unite
the Party and the military in search of a world power status. The
PLA Daily and Xinhua News Agency, 26 July 2004.
21. General Qian Guoliang (钱国梁), “全面贯彻司令部建设条
例” (“Comprehensively implement the guideline of headquarters
construction”), 中国人民解放军国防大学学报 (Journal of the PLA
NDU), No. 6, 2000, p. 4.
22. Major General Zhang Ruilin (张瑞林), “大力加强领导干部
队伍作风建设” (“Greatly improve the working style of the military
cadre”), 中国军队政治工作 (Political Work of the Chinese Military),
No. 1, 2008, p. 14.
23. In fact, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao are the primary initiators
and supporters for PLA IT/RMA transformation. Hu has
especially pushed PLA joint training as one of his key measures
of commanding the gun. Jiang Zemin, “国际形势和军事战略方
针” (“The global situation and military strategy”), in 江泽民文选
(Selected Works of Jiang Zemin), Beijing, China: Reminchubenshe,
2006, Vol. 1; and on Hu’s call for enhancing joint military training
as a strategic leverage for PLA transformation, see Major General
Gao Donglu (高东路), “实现部队建设又快又好发展需要处理好几
个关系” (“Several key relationships affecting the PLA’s fast and
all-round development”), 中国军队政治工作 (Political work in Chinese
military), No. 7, 2008, p. 6.
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