Toward a Sea-Power Strategy—Chinese Communist Party Debates and Consensus Building under Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping

Authors

Howard Wang, RAND

Number

5

Abstract

China’s rise as a major maritime and naval power in recent decades resulted from a deliberate policy choice, but that choice was not an uncontroversial one. Internal Chinese Communist Party debate about naval power was resolved by balancing entrenched continental interests, resulting in an integrated but possibly compromised policy approach.

Recommended Citation

Wang, Howard (2024) "Toward a Sea-Power Strategy—Chinese Communist Party Debates and Consensus Building under Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping," Naval War College Review: Vol. 77: No. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol77/iss3/5