Editing Military doctrine (section)

===China===
[[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] military doctrine is influenced by a number of sources including an indigenous classical military tradition characterized by strategists such as [[Sun Tzu]] and modern strategists such as [[Mao Zedong]], along with Western and Soviet influences. One distinctive characteristic of Chinese military science is that it places emphasis on the relationship between the military and society and views military force as merely one part of an overarching [[grand strategy]].

According to French newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'', the Chinese nuclear doctrine is to maintain a nuclear force allowing it to deter and respond to a nuclear attack. However, new evolutions show that China could allow use of its nuclear arsenal in more situations.<ref>"Les Etats-Unis inquiets du développement de la capacité nucléaire chinoise." ''Le Monde'', 25 May 2007 [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3222,36-914812@51-914819,0.html]</ref>