Modernizacja Sił Zbrojnych Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej

It is beyond doubt that contemporary China is a superpower in many aspects. China's economic growth has been increasing for many years now, some experts say that is also becoming a military superpower that may soon dominate the world and challenge America. Is this true? My task will be to answer this question during my research through comprehensive analysis of all basic areas connected with the power of the modern army. My research shows the changes that took place in the Chinese army throughout the last decade: ranging from changes in the officer corp, through changes affecting the army as a whole, to changes that are directly connected with the approach to a common soldier. My research is especially focused on analyzing the technological revolution that took place in the PLA over the last few years in the fields of army, air forces, as well as marine and strategic forces. Moreover, my goal was to compare all the mentioned changes with the trends that one can observe worldwide. All this gives the opportunity to build a correct view of the actual PLA potential, which in fact is still quite low, in spite of all the fast modernization. It seems that the PLA still remains a «paper tiger» that will not be able to threat the global position of the US, at least over next decade.