Professionalism and the leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army

Xiaowei Zang

doi:10.1007/BF03025073

Author(s)

Xiaowei Zang

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	46-60
Journal / Publication	Journal of Northeast Asian Studies
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Sept 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Abstract

Many China experts claim that there was a leadership transition in the Chinese Army in the 1980s and that the formation of the post-Mao military elite represents the emergence of technocracy in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). However, their arguments are not supported by sufficient data. This article analyzed 224 top Chinese Army leaders' biographies and found that there was indeed a leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army and that the current PLA elite can be best characterized as a bureaucratic-technocracy rather than just as a technocracy. © 1992 The Gaston Sigur Center for East Asian Studies, The George Washington University.

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Professionalism and the leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army. / Zang, Xiaowei.
In: Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 09.1991, p. 46-60.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

Zang, X 1991, 'Professionalism and the leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army', Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 46-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025073

Zang, X. (1991). Professionalism and the leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army. Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, 10(3), 46-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025073

Zang X. Professionalism and the leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army. Journal of Northeast Asian Studies. 1991 Sept;10(3):46-60. doi: 10.1007/BF03025073

Zang, Xiaowei. / Professionalism and the leadership transition in the post-Mao Chinese Army. In: Journal of Northeast Asian Studies. 1991 ; Vol. 10, No. 3. pp. 46-60.