2016/12/13 |
Does China Really Need an External Military?
Aside from asserting its presence on the world, the Chinese government may rely on its external military policies to achieve internal goals.
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Peter Lorge is a historian of 10th and 11th Century China, with particular interest in Chinese military, political and social history. He is author of The Reunification of China: Peace Through War under the Song Dynasty (Cambridge, 2015) and is one of the founders, and executive board members, of the Chinese Military History Society.
Aside from asserting its presence on the world, the Chinese government may rely on its external military policies to achieve internal goals.