Volume 19 Issue 18

Articles from Volume 19 Issue 18

Editor’s Note for Military-Civil Fusion Issue (October 2019)

10.08.2019 John Dotson

Editor’s Note: This is a special theme issue of China Brief, focused on the evolving concept of “military-civil fusion” (军民融合, junmin ronghe), or MCF, a...

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Military-Civil Fusion: Beijing’s “Guns AND Butter” Strategy to Become a Technological Superpower

10.08.2019 Greg Levesque

Note: This article leverages previous research and analysis on China’s military-civil fusion strategy by Pointe Bello, a strategic intelligence and advisory firm specializing in China....

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The Limitations of Military-Civil Mobilization: Problems with Funding and Clashing Interests in Industry-Based PLA Reserve Units

10.08.2019 Larry Wortzel

Introduction One of the foundational concepts in Mao Zedong’s thought is that mobilization and “People’s War” (人民战争, renmin zhanzheng) depend on the masses and militia....

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Military-Civil Fusion and Electromagnetic Spectrum Management in the PLA

10.08.2019 John Dotson

Introduction: EMSM as a Key Element of “Military-Civil Fusion” Modern battlefield environments will contain a greater proliferation of electromagnetic emitters than ever before—including but not...

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