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This book is the first in eight years to address the purposes, patterns, and prospects of Chinese arms transfers, and the only book to address China's recent and provocative rise to prominence as an arms trader since the mid-1980s. Focusing on the 1980s and the prospects for the 1990s, the work analyzes the principal arms trade relationships of the People's Republic of China to provide a greater understanding and more nuanced insight into the arms trade policies and goals of the world's fourth largest arms supplier.
This study finds that the economic motive for arms exports--the generating of foreign currency--while important, does not fully or even adequately explain why the Chinese export arms. Rather, Chinese arms exports should be seen in the light of political and strategic motivations, which are often more important. This book should appeal to both scholars and policymakers in the field of international relations.
List of contents
Developments in Worldwide and PRC Arms TransfersIntroduction to Part I: "A Rogue Elephant"
China and the Global Arms Trade
PRC Security and Its Growing Arms Trade, 1949-1979
Contemporary PRC Arms TransfersIntroduction to Part II: Independence and Regional Influence
PRC Arms Transfers to the Middle East: Beyond the Economic Motive
PRC Arms Transfers to South Asia: Seeking Strategic Balance
PRC Arms Transfers to Southeast Asia: Asserting Regional Influence
Future Prospects for PRC Arms TransfersChinese Arms Transfers in the 1990s: Purposes, Patterns, and Prospects in the New World Order
AppendixesAppendix 1: Exports of Chinese Missiles and Missile Launchers, 1951-1990
Appendix 2: Exports of Chinese Armor/Artillery, 1951-1990
Appendix 3: Exports of Chinese Military Aircraft, 1951-1990
Appendix 4: Exports of Chinese Naval Craft, 1951-1990
Bibliography
Index
About the author
R. BATES GILL is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics and Foreign Policy at the Center for Chinese and American Studies, Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He has made several research visits to East Asia, and has lived in the region for extended periods of time, including teaching appointments in the People's Republic of China.
