Yesterday, I testified before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which was established to review developments in China.
The hearing examined the ambitions of China’s People’s Liberation Army’s as a “world-class military.”
My testimony reviewed the origins of the use “world-class military” to argue that it should be viewed as a force development concept, not one that outlined China’s global military ambitions. I also argued that, from the standpoint of strategy and warfighting, the PLA will remain focused on East Asia.