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 CIS NO: 96-S381-8
 TITLE: Growth and Role of the Chinese Military.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+124 p.
 DATE: Oct. 11, 12, 1995
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 104-1             SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:S.HRG.104-330
 ITEM NO: 1039-A; 1039-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.104-330
 MC ENTRY NO: 96-9702

 Hearings before the Subcom on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to examine the
 growth of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the People's Republic of
 China (PRC), and to evaluate the PLA role in the formation of PRC policies.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military devs issues review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON EAST ASIAN AND
     PACIFIC AFFAIRS. SENATE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Military devs
     issues review); ARMED SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL.RELATIONS

 96-S381-8 TESTIMONY NO: 1          Oct. 11, 1995 p. 2-27
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LORD, WINSTON (Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
        Affairs, Department of State)
     NYE, JOSEPH S., JR. (Assistant Secretary, International Security
        Affairs, DOD)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Overview of security issues in U.S.-PRC
     relations; merits of engaging PRC in a cooperative relationship with the
     U.S.; views on PLA role in PRC policy.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military devs issues review
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE; NATIONAL.DEFENSE;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 96-S381-8 TESTIMONY NO: 2          Oct. 11, 1995 p. 27-67
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     FISHER, RICK (Senior Research Fellow, Asia Studies Center, Heritage
        Foundation)
     MONTAPERTO, RONALD N. (Senior Fellow, Institute for National Strategic
        Studies)
     WILHELM, ALFRED D., JR. (Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Assessment of ongoing PLA modernization and
     growth, with recommendations; evaluation of role played by PLA in PRC
     politics and society; review of future trends in PLA growth and impact
     on PRC policy.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military devs issues review
 DESCRIPTORS: PROJECTIONS; ATLANTIC COUNCIL

 96-S381-8 TESTIMONY NO: 3          Oct. 12, 1995 p. 70-95
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WALDRON, ARTHUR (Professor, Strategy and Policy, Naval War College)
     WHITE, GERARD (Assistant Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms
        Control)
     EIRINBERG, KEITH W. (Fellow, Asian Studies Program, Center for
        Strategic and International Studies)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Implications of PRC military growth for U.S.
     interests in East Asia; review of PRC naval activities in South China
     Sea, including efforts to impose territorial claims on Spratly Islands;
     issues related to PRC military activities.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military devs issues review
 DESCRIPTORS: SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPRATLY ISLANDS; WISCONSIN PROJECT ON
     NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL

 96-S381-8 TESTIMONY NO: 4          Oct. 12, 1995 p. 95-124
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SCHULZ, JOHN J. (Editor, Arms Control Today)
     MUNRO, ROSS H. (Director, Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research
        Institute)
     CHIU, HUNGDAH (Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program, School of
        Law, University of Maryland)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Assessment of PLA modernization efforts;
     perspectives on PRC strategic potential and objectives in Asia;
     examination of tensions across Taiwan Straits between PRC and Taiwan.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China military devs issues review
 DESCRIPTORS: MILITARY.STRATEGY; ASIA; TAIWAN