War on the Rocks has a primer on the military reforms being undertaken in 2017 in the People’s Republic of China you might want to take a look at. Here’s a snippet:
Contrary to the muscular musings of many Chinese military media pundits, the PLA’s senior leadership is much more realistic and moderate in its assessments of China’s military capabilities relative to advanced foreign forces. Within the Chinese-language military literature official, authoritative commentary and writings and interviews of senior national-level leaders as well as operational commanding officers frequently point to major shortcomings in the force and problems discovered in training that must be corrected.
Something else the PRC’s military can’t do: its coordinated land-sea operational capabilities are very limited.
China isn’t a military threat to the United States and won’t be for the foreseeable future if ever. Saber-rattling about China is just part of the longing in some circles for a major power high technology war and the “give war a chance” crowd.
