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The growth and importance of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
necessitates that the United States foster a relationship that
ensures a stable, prosperous, and peaceful Asia-Pacific region.
Given the status and role that the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
takes in the PRC, military-to-military contact between the United
States Armed Forces and the PLA is vital. Mirroring the political
tides between the two countries--from the establishment of
diplomatic relations in 1979 to the halting of military-to-military
contacts after the Belgrade Embassy bombing in 1999 and EP-3
incident in April 2001-- military-to-military contact is slowly
growing again. The purpose and intent of the contacts are to foster
access and understanding. Weak reciprocity and inadequate
transparency by the PLA are issues that hamper relations.
Information about the efficacy of military-to-military contact with
the PLA is difficult to gather, thus this analysis draws on
analogous experiences from previous contact programs with the
Soviet Union and Indonesia to argue that the contact programs can
foster behavior supporting U.S. interests. The thesis concludes
with recommendations to improve the contact programs between the
U.S. Armed Forces and the PLA.
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