Security personnel chat after the opening ceremony of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing (REUTERS/Jason Lee).
Paper
Chinese National Security Decision-making: Processes and Challenges
May 2013, Yun Sun
Despite the increasing importance of China’s national security policies, there is little information about the processes through which these policies are made. Yun Sun examines some of the structures of China’s national security bureaucracy and analyzes the information, coordination, and decision-making processes that combine to produce policy decisions. Sun also offers suggestions for strengthening China’s national security decision-making process.