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Modernizing China’s Military: Exploiting Civilian High Tech

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Modernizing China’s Military: Exploiting Civilian High Tech
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers assembling during military training at Pamir Mountains in Kashgar, northwestern China's Xinjiang region, on Jan. 4, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Richard A. Bitzinger
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China has made the “aligning of civil and defense technology development” a national priority.

Richard A. Bitzinger
Richard A. Bitzinger
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Richard A. Bitzinger is an independent international security analyst. He was previously a senior fellow with the Military Transformations Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore, and he has held jobs in the U.S. government and at various think tanks. His research focuses on security and defense issues relating to the Asia-Pacific region, including the rise of China as a military power, and military modernization and arms proliferation in the region.
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