A Poverty of Riches: New Challenges and Opportunities in PLA Research

Papers from a conference sponsored by the RAND Center for Asia-Pacific Policy and the Taiwan-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, held in Washington, D.C., on June 22-24, 2001. The conference brought together many of the world’s top experts to evaluate new methodologies and trends in research on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), especially with regard to Internet- and primary source-based inquiries on PLA affairs.