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Contents
PREFACE 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6
CHAPTER ONE: UNDERSTANDING CHINA'S STRATEGY 18
CHAPTER TWO: CHINA'S FORCES, CAPABILITIES, AND POWER PROJECTION 62
CHAPTER THREE: OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES ON CHINA'S PERIPHERY 120
CHAPTER FOUR: THE PLA'S GROWING GLOBAL PRESENCE 150
CHAPTER FIVE: RESOURCES & TECHNOLOGY FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION 164
CHAPTER SIX: U.S.-PRC DEFENSE CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES 172
SPECIAL TOPIC: PRC VIEWS ON STRATEGIC STABILITY 175
SPECIAL TOPIC: PRC VIEWS OF INFORMATION AND INFORMATION DOMINANCE 177
SPECIAL TOPIC: PLA'S EXPANDED MILITARY DIPLOMACY 180
APPENDIX I: PRC AND TAIWAN FORCES DATA 182
APPENDIX II: DEFENSE CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES 185
APPENDIX III: SELECTED PLA BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL EXERCISES IN 2021 186
APPENDIX IV: ABBREVIATIONS 187