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DESCRIPTION:Mao Zedong was one of the founders of the Red Army, and in 1945 of the PLA. 
  His initial legacy was not only a Marxist theory of war applied to Chinese 
 conditions, but also an army based on equality, democracy and extensive 
 ties with the masses.  At the same time it reflected the continuous wider 
 debates over the approach to socialist development. As different concepts 
 and practices of socialism were put forward from 1949 through the present, 
 so did the PLA change its theoretical foundations, internal and external 
 organizational relations and missions.   This presentation will cover the 
 changing relations both within the PLA and with the masses during crucial 
 periods before and after the Korean war, during the Cultural Revolution and 
 the post-1978 Reforms.  The "primacy of politics" vs. "the primacy of 
 military modernization" will be examined in light of broader debates 
 concerning emphasis on the political and ideological superstructure  vs. 
 economic development.  Additionally, the talk will touch upon China's 
 contemporary political-military strategy as a rising power.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/10/18692972.php
SUMMARY:China's Third Modernization: From Red Army to Modern People's Liberation Army (PLA)
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library\n6501 Telegraph Avenue (nr. Alcatraz 
 Ave)\nOakland, CA 94608
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/10/18692972.php
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