What is China's 'peace disease'? (and why Australia should care)

By Philip Wen
Updated September 2 2015 - 11:08am, first published 11:07am

Beijing: In recent years, Chinese military strategists have increasingly bemoaned the onset of the "peace disease", the idea that a lack of live combat experience over the past three decades has weakened the ability of China's troops to fight and win wars.

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