Tag: chinamilitary
-
One Child, One Soldier: China’s weakness in its reliance on conscription.
The article is worth reading, the summary is that the PLA depends on 2-year conscripts for about 40% of its force, and most of its infantry. While China still has a large population and can be picky about who it drafts, the army creates friction between the military’s expanding need for manpower and the economy’s…
-
China’s One Child, One Soldier Policy
https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/red-army-private-ryans-what-wargaming-says-about-chinese-willingness-strike-first-and-stay Small Wars Journal points out that any conflict between the US and China will not be a limited one, it will be total war when it comes. While the US has recently sought out to place limits on its conflict, China’s limits are within its demographics. With a one (or more recent two) child…
-
Invasion or Coersion?
https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/08/10/the-big-taiwan-question-as-china-issues-warnings-and-holds-military-drills-is-a-chinese-invasion-imminent/ Grid runs an analysis of CCP motivations and methods for taking over Taiwan. While an all-out invasion is now definitely on the table, a perhaps more likely option for China is a campaogn of Coersion enforced by impacting Taiwan’s trade through a blockade. As Taiwan is highly dependent on maritime commerce, the CCP considered…
-
The PLANMC – China’s Marine Corps
While the PLANMC is still building up to full strength, they have unique capabilities and deployment experience extending all the way to Africa. As the article explains, the six PLANMC brigades are complimented by six Army amphibious trained brigades specifically trained for the Taiwan campaign. Any operations against Taiwan would see both forces working in…
Taiwan Conflict Research Page 