Fueled by double-digit growth in spending in recent years, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has undergone a staggering transformation from an anachronistic, unwieldy vestige of the Mao era to a more mobile and high-tech military force. The PLA's capabilities have increased in tandem with China's rising power and expanding national interests, and have seen the force involved in an increasing number and variety of missions at home and abroad, in addition to its traditional focus on contingencies in the Taiwan Strait. Such missions have included disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations, counterterrorism, cyber security and anti-piracy, among others.These new or enhanced PLA missions suggest many important questions:  How do these expansive new missions affect the evolution of the PLA's objectives and capabilities? Are they accompanied by new PLA doctrines for their use? How will they affect the security environment of the Asia Pacific and beyond?

Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions Other Than Taiwan

Politics & Social Sciences

David Lai

Roy Kamphausen

Andrew Scobell

Politics & Government

Strategic Studies Institute

<p>This guide to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 (formerly Xcelsius )is a cookbook packed full of practical recipes written in a clear, concise manner with annotated examples to empower readers to quickly accomplish specific dashboard tasks. If you are a developer with a good command and knowledge of creating dashboards, but are not yet an advanced Dashboard Design user, then this is the perfect book for you. You should have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as knowledge of basic dashboard practices, though experience of Dashboard Design as a specific dashboard tool is not essential.</p>

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook

Business & Money

Xavier Hacking

Management & Leadership

Packt Publishing

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