This paper examines the evolution of the security policy of the People's Republic of China, bearing in mind the importance of the Communist Party of China within the political decision-making process on a national level. The author analyses the internal structure of the Party through its institutional and legislative activities,
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.