Civil-Military Change in China: Elites, Institutes, and Ideas After the 16th Party Congress
February 2005
Jason Bruzdzinski, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
For more than a decade considerable attention has focused
on the subject of leadership transition in the People's Republic of
China (PRC). Who would succeed Deng Xiaoping (1904–97) and
the other geriatric elites of the so-called "Long March Generation"?
According to conventional wisdom, the reins of power in the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) and People's Liberation Army (PLA) were
being transferred from poorly educated revolutionaries and guerilla
fighters to technocratic bureaucrats and military professionals.
Since 2002, the PRC has experienced a "sweeping" turnover of Party,
state, and military elites. This volume examines in some detail the
key personalities of the new crop of Chinese leaders both in and
out of uniform—the so-called "Fourth Generation." Moreover,
contributors analyze civil-military interactions in the wake of the
CCP's 16th Party Congress held in November 2002 and the 10th
National People's Congress (NPC) held in March 2003, and examine
key trends in strategic thought and the role of national security
research institutes.
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