The Role of the Military in the PRC Taiwan Policymaking
A case study of the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1995-1996
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12422372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jianhai Bi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 32 |
| Pages | 539-572 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10670560220152328 |
| OpenAlex | W1988522705 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines the role of the military in the structure and process of PRC policy formulation on Taiwan through a case study of the military's involvement in, and influence on, Beijing's policymaking in the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1995-1996. The military has its own vital interests in Taiwan policy, which are embodied in three aspects: preservation of the military's political privilege, military build-up for modernisation drives, and more budgetary resources for defence. This article proposes that the PRC leadership succession problem together with the military's leverage accounted for the outbreak of the crisis. Under pressure, Jiang Zemin had to accept the plan of physically intimidating Taiwan to gain the military's support in consolidating his position as Deng Xiaoping's successor
Beijing · Business · China · Leverage (statistics · Military operation · Military policy · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |