TY - JOUR
T1 - Handling China’s Internal Security
T2 - Division of Labor among Armed Forces in Xinjiang
AU - Shichor, Yitzhak
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - It is widely assumed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plays a dominant role in handling internal security. Yet a comparative study shows that regular armed forces prefer to avoid becoming involved in domestic conflicts—and China’s PLA is no exception. Concentrating on Uyghur unrest, the article shows that most of the burden of maintaining internal security in China falls on para-military troops, primarily on the People’s Armed Police Force, the Xinjiang Production-Construction Corps and the Militia, and on non-military outfits, such as the Police and internal security units. Maintaining internal security absorbs an increasing share of China’s defense budget, so much so that in recent years Beijing conceals the figures.
AB - It is widely assumed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plays a dominant role in handling internal security. Yet a comparative study shows that regular armed forces prefer to avoid becoming involved in domestic conflicts—and China’s PLA is no exception. Concentrating on Uyghur unrest, the article shows that most of the burden of maintaining internal security in China falls on para-military troops, primarily on the People’s Armed Police Force, the Xinjiang Production-Construction Corps and the Militia, and on non-military outfits, such as the Police and internal security units. Maintaining internal security absorbs an increasing share of China’s defense budget, so much so that in recent years Beijing conceals the figures.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062466503&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10670564.2019.1580426
DO - 10.1080/10670564.2019.1580426
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AN - SCOPUS:85062466503
SN - 1067-0564
VL - 28
SP - 813
EP - 830
JO - Journal of Contemporary China
JF - Journal of Contemporary China
IS - 119
ER -