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A Historical Research on the Korean Peninsula Military Intervention Strategy of the People's Republic of China

Dong-Uk Heo 1

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This thesis seeks to predict the People's Republic of China (PRC)'s military intervention and provide a strategic direction for the response against chinese military through the analysis of three examples of war, such as the Silla-Tang Military Alliance, the Joseon-Ming Combined Defense Strategy, and Sino-NK Mutual Defense Treaty. According to the military history of chinese intervention on the Korean Peninsula, China's basic strategy was to prevent Korea from having independent capability to confront China. Also, China attempted to interdict other maritime powers from utilizing Korean Peninsula as a bridgehead to move forward mainland China. It is obvious that China regarded Weonsan-Daedong River Line as a buffer zone to the security of mainland China. Through historic examples of war, the common decisive factors of PRC's military intervention on the Korean Peninsula are applied by three types: military alliance & request for backup, national security & national interest, securing the initiatives among neighboring nations. The PRC military's main task relating to Korean peninsula is to foster a secure environment around the peninsula. The QRF(Quick Reaction Forces) of PRC will be immediately put into military action in case of any emergent situations. The forces will be a significant threat to Korea. Therefore, the directions for military readiness of the Republic of Korea (ROK) military needs to develop various situations and make plans for the threat of new war in the wartime Korean Peninsula defense plan. The ROK military also needs to further develop the ROK-US Combined Operations Plan to implement a ROK-US military response scheme. It is vital for the ROK national security that the ROK military prepares to properly react to chinese strategy on the Korean Peninsula by utilizing Sino-ROK military exchange programs and developing military doctrine in preparation of PRC military's modernization, and sending officers to china for the military education. The ROK military has to become robust forces capable of overcoming any threats in order to support the 'Strategic Companion Relationship' between the ROK and PRC, and uphold the execution of 'Grand Bargain' on the NK's nuclear issue. For this, Our forces have to seize the initiatives in the battlefield by maximizing current strategy for the national defense, possessing flexibility and jointness. They also have to guarantee its national security through the Quick Reaction Strategy if it happens an emergent situation or war breaks out.

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