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Because this volume focuses on the People′s Liberation Army (PLA), only those threat perceptions directly relevant to the presence of Chinese military force are addressed in this article. The problems of ideological unity, legitimacy of the regime, and other political or economic threats to the People′s Republic are excluded insofar as they do not call on the PLA. Nor are general foreign policy stratagems for dealing with Moscow, Tokyo, New Delhi and Washington under review, let alone regions beyond China′s capacity to project military power.

The author examines threat perceptions of China, especially of the PLA (People's Liberation Army), paying special attention to the Spratly Islands, Taiwan, the USA, Japan, Russia, pan-Islamic and pan-Turkic subversion in Xinjiang province of China, separatism in Tibet etc. According to him, China has never been more secure against outside threat since the Opium war. (DÜI-Sen)

As the Deng era approaches its end, concern abroad, particularly in East Asia, focuses on how the People's Republic of China (PRC) will cope with territorial disputes with Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and India, and the continued quest for Taiwan. Meanwhile Chinese military modernization steadily increases the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air and sea power projection. The question arises: might a beleaguered post-Deng leadership seek to strengthen its legitimacy through exploitation of Chinese nationalism and if so, how would this manifest itself in foreign relations?

Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident; 13 articles. Topics include the role of international organizations, domestic factors in Chinese foreign policy, economic relations, and military strategy.