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tions on policing and internal security, including “China Rethinks
Unrest” The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2004, pp. 137-56; and
“Challenges to China’s Internal Security,” Testimony presented
to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission,
February 3, 2006, are particularly useful sources on internal security
matters. Other valuable work on internal security includes
Andrew Scobell, “The Meaning of Martial Law for the PLA and
Internal Security in China After Deng,” in James Mulvenon and
Andrew N.D. Yang, eds., A Poverty of Riches: New Challenges and
Opportunities in PLA Research, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2003,
pp. 169-91; and Tai Ming Cheung, “Guarding China’s Domestic
Front Line: The People’s Armed Police and China’s Stability,”
China Quarterly, June 1996, pp. 525-47. On internal security challenges
in Xinjiang, see Martin Wayne, China’s War on Terrorism:
Counter-insurgency, Politics, and Internal Security, New York: Routledge,
2009. There are no major studies in English on the PLA’s
role in disaster relief and rescue operations.
5. James Mulvenon, “Chairman Hu and the PLA’s ‘New Historic
Missions,’” China Leadership Monitor Vol. 27, Winter 2009,
available from media.hoover.org/documents/CLM27JM.pdf. Lt. General
Guo Hongchao, “适应多样化军事任务,推进战区民兵预备役
工作" (“Adapt to the demands of diversified military tasks, move
forward with military district militia and reserves work”), 国防
(National Defense), Vol. 12, 2008, pp. 4-8; Hu Jintao, “Hold High
the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and
Strive for New Victories in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society,”
October 15, 2007, available from www.china.org.cn/english/
congress/229611.htm#9.
6. Yu Jia, “多样化军事任务 ≠ 非战争军事行动” (“Diverse military
tasks does not equal military operations other than war”). 中
国国防报 (China National Defense Daily), December 11, 2008, p. 3;
Zhao Zongqi, “完成多样化任务,我们需要什么能力” (“What capabilities
do we need to perform diverse tasks?”), 解放军报 (PLA
Daily), June 17, 2008, p. 11; Dong Qiang, “抗旱救灾,中国军人依
法行动” (“In Countering drought, and providing disaster relief,
China’s soldiers operate according to law”), 解放军报 (PLA Daily),
February 18, 2009, p. 6.
7. Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic
of China, “China’s National Defense in 2008,” “Preface,”
January 2009, available from www.china.org.cn/government/central_
government/2009-01/20/content_17155577_3.htm.
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