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16. “Martial Law of the People’s Republic of China” promulgated
March 1, 1996, Article 8, available from www.asianlii.org/cn/
legis/cen/laws/ml100/.
17. James Hackett, ed., The Military Balance, 2009, London: International
Institute for Strategic Studies, 2009, p. 387. Another
source estimates PAP strength in 2008 at 660,000. See Sinodefense.
com, “People’s Armed Police Internal Troops,” available from
www.sinodefence.com/army/organisation/pap-internal. James Hackett,
ed., The Military Balance, 2008, London: International Institute
for Strategic Studies, 2008, p. 380, put PAP strength in 2007
at 1,500,000 It is unclear whether the reduction from 1,500,000 in
2007 to 700,000 in 2008 is a function of budget-cutting, elimination
of inferior and unneeded units, or if it is related to power
struggles within and/or concerning control over the PAP.
18. Lu Siqing, “Chūgoku ‘busō keisatsu’ ni hisomu antō” (“Internal
struggle underlying China’s ‘armed police’”), Tokyo Facta,
March 1, 2009, pp. 70-73; Sinodefense.com, “People’s Armed Police
Internal Troops.”
19. “306,000 Soldiers Mobilized to Combat Snow Disasters,”
Xinhua, February 2, 2008, available from www.news.xinhuanet.com/
english/2008-02/02/content_7549276.htm.
20. Examples may be seen in stories from the People’s Liberation
Army Daily available online from “Chinese Servicemen in
Fight Against Snow Chaos,” available from english.chinamil.com.
cn/site2/special-reports/node_16079.htm.
21. Sun Xianglin, Liu Zhongcheng, and Li Jinchuan, “大力推
进国防动员应急应战一体化建设" (“Strongly advance the integration
of national defense mobilization for emergency response and
war”), 国防 (National Defense), Vol. 11, 2008, pp. 11-13.
22. Ibid.
23. Yang Zurong and Zou Weirong, “Pay Close Attention to
the Building of Equipment Support for Military Operations Other
than War,” 解放军报 (PLA Daily), May 11, 2009, p. 1.
24. Zhu Yi and Wei Huayong, “组织民兵预备役部队抗雪救灾
的几点启示" (“A few lessons from organizing militia and reserve
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