A nation¡¦s military strategy is changes with the integrated environment¡¦s transformation in different time which including international environment, national power and types of war. Two things had happen in the phase from later of 1980¡¦s to early of 1990¡¦s: 1. The collapse of Soviet Union and East European Communist Group that caused the international system became multi-pole system (or one super power and several great power system ); 2. The Gulf War in 1991 that means the type of war started to transform from mechanical war to informational war. In the such conditions. China decided to change it¡¦s military strategy in the new era from ¡§prepare to handle the local war in the normal conditions¡¨ to ¡§prepare to win the local war in the high technical conditions¡¨ in 1993. Then, China declared it¡¦s military strategy transformed from ¡§prepare to win the local war in the high technical conditions¡¨ to ¡§prepare to win the local war in the informational conditions¡¨ in China¡¦s National Defense White Paper 2004 and 2006. The paper focus on China¡¦s military strategy changing in the post cold war era that including four main parts: 1. An Analysis of the environment¡¦s changing of military strategy, such as international environment, types of war, military affairs changes, developments of economics, technology and informational; 2. An Analysis of the transformations of China¡¦s strategy culture and national security strategy; 3. An Analysis of the developments of military strategy source that including military institutions and organizations, national defense technology and weapon system, military education and training, military logistics and expense; 4. A forecast of the trend and limitations of China¡¦s military strategy in the future.

The question of China's military rise will be the security issue of the 21st century. Chinese economy has been growing since open door policies were introduced and its implications is the military expansion of China's military, which is gaining strength. Thanks to its weapon acquisition process, China's power gap has been shrinking in comparison to other, developed countries. China's regional military dominance is beginning to be publicly accepted and American strategists are trying to figure out how to keep China respect its international obligations. Despite all disputes, whether historical or current, China assures the other members of the international environment, that her rise, whether economic or military, is a peaceful rise. However, its acquisition process, whether it is led from domestic or foreign sources, causes concerns not only within the region but also from a global perspective. This thesis approaches the Chinese military rise from an alternative perspective. In Sagan design, the thesis tries to explain China's military rise by three modules applied to various doctrinal periods of the People's Republic of China. Three modules explain China's acquisition process from three perspectives - security, domestic political and normative terms. The work assumes that can Sagan's concept,...