China's Military in Transition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the Chinese military ever published. It contains fourteen chapters by many of the world's leading experts of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and offers numerous insights into how China's military modernization will affect the balance of global power in the twenty-first century.

`All these topics are covered extensively by some of the world's most prominent China specialists in this indispensable work.' NOD and Conversion, October 1999 This volume with its insightful and well-edited articles is one of the few outstanding contributions on China's military, showing that China's military is becoming incresaingly better documented. The book's in-depth research will improve our understanding of China's military and the changes in its politics, professionalism, procurement and power projection. - Jorn Brommelhorster. China Information. Summer 1998. Virtually any question one might wish to research on the contemporary Chinese military is at least touched on. The editors also provide excellent introduction and overview of the materials presented. - H. Nelson. Choice. May 1999 "...the book does an excellent job of what it sets out to do...the book is an excellent and necessary addition to our bookshelves." Craig A. Snyder, The Journal of Strategic Studies, March 1999