Emergence of Shashoujian as a Priority for PRC National Defense

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Emergence of Shashoujian as a Priority for PRC
National Defense

• PLA officers of increasing rank and political
  stature support President Jiangs call for
  shashoujian.
• Discussion of shashoujian exists in a traceable
  chronology of statements from senior military
  officers (beginning in 1995-96).

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The 998 State Security Project Leading Group.
(from Left to Right) Jiang Zemin Former PRC
President, CMC Chairman. Hu Jintao PRC
President, CPC General Secretary, CMC Vice
Chairman. Wu Bangguo Chairman, Standing
Committee of the National Peoples Congress. Cao
Gangchuan CMC Vice Chairman, Minister of
National Defense. Guo Boxiong Member, Political
Bureau-CPC Central Committee, CMC Vice
Chairman. Liu Jibin Director, Commission on
Science, Technology and Industry for National
Defense (COSTIND).
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PLA Major General Wang Baocuns10 Defining
Characteristics of Future Warfare

• Limited Goals
• Short Duration
• Less Collateral Damage
• Larger Battlefields, Less Density of Troops
• Battlefield Transparency
• Intense Struggle for Information Superiority
• Unprecedented Force Integration
• Increased Demand for C2
• Dependency Upon Precision, not Mass
• Attacks on the Weaknesses of Combat Systems.