In November 2002, the Chinese Communist Party held its 16th Congress and initiated a sweeping turnover of senior leaders, heralding a new set of personalities in positions of political and military power. Who are these individuals? What does their rise mean for the future of China, its defense policy, and the People's Liberation Army? How will this next generation of Chinese leaders handle relations with the United States and the world? How will they approach Taiwan and North Korea?

Please join AEI, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and the Heritage Foundation to celebrate the launch of a new book, Civil-Military Change in China: Elites, Institutions, and Ideas after the 16th Party Congress (Strategic Studies Institute, September 2004), which examines these and other questions.