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Card Covers. Zustand: Fine. The People's Liberation Army and Contingency Planning in China, Scobel, Andrew, Arthur S. Ding, Phillip C. Saunders, and Scott W. Harold. Published by National Defense University Press, Washington, D.C., 2015. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 371 pages with tables, graphs and index. Contents pristine; light corner wear to cards. How will China use its increasing military capabilities in the future? China faces a complicated security environment with a wide range of internal and external threats. Rapidly expanding international interests are creating demands for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to conduct new missions ranging from protecting Chinese shipping from Somali pirates to evacuating citizens from Libya. The most recent Chinese defense white paper states that the armed forces must "make serious preparations to cope with the most complex and difficult scenarios . . . so as to ensure proper responses . . . at any time and under any circumstances. Based on a conference co-sponsored by Taiwan's Council of Advanced Policy Studies, RAND Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and National Defense University, The People's Liberation Army and Contingency Planning in China brings together leading experts from the United States and Taiwan to examine how the PLA prepares for a range of domestic, border, and maritime contingencies.