China's Entrepreneurial Army

This book examines the rise and fall of the Chinese military business complex between the early 1980s and late 1990s. Cheung analyzes the commercial success of this economic powerhouse, its impact on civil-military relations, and the broader benefits and drawbacks of the military's participation on money-making activities.

This book examines the rise and fall of the Chinese military business complex between the early 1980s and late 1990s. Cheung analyzes the commercial success of this economic powerhouse, its impact on civil-military relations, and the broader benefits and drawbacks of the military's participation on money-making activities.

Tai Ming Cheung works as a consultant in the Tokyo office of PricewaterhouseCoopers Investigations Asia Ltd., helping companies manage their risk in doing business in Asia. He has previously worked as a journalist at the Far Eastern Economic Review and as an analyst for a stock brokerage in Hong Kong. He has written extensively for newspapers, media organizations, and scholarly journals.