Joseph Y. Lin

Joseph Y. Lin currently studies at the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies of Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan. He has held executive positions in multinational corporations and investment companies in the U.S., China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mr. Lin’s most recent article “The Changing Face of Chinese Military Generals: Evolving Promotion Practices Between 1981 and 2009” was published in The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis in March 2010.

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Articles by Joseph Y. Lin

Reorientation of China’s Armed Forces: Implications for the Future Promotions of PLA Generals

Recent discourse concerning the Chinese People’s Liberation Army's (PLA) modernization has principally focused on technological advances and less on the human dimension of PLA force transformation. In particular, a review

Media Appearances

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers Interviewed by The Parliament Magazine

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers was interviewed by The Parliament Magazine for their article “Estonia’s move to strip Russians of their right to vote rehashes... MORE

Books and Reports

The South China Sea Dispute: Increasing Stakes and Rising Tensions

Tensions are on the rise in the South China Sea. Longstanding sovereignty disputes over the profusion of atolls, shoals and reefs that dot the 1.2 million square miles of sea, allied to extensive overlapping claims to maritime space, have been a source of serious interstate contention over the years,... MORE