| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 中國大陸研究所碩士在職專班 === 96 === From 1991 on, China has been inspired by various warfare such as Gulf war, Kosovo conflict, and Afghanistan War. The concept of “three wars”, which refer to psychological, legal and media, utilized by the US military in the Gulf War Ⅱ broke out in 2003 initiated PLA’s new strategic thinking of three wars and preparation for defensive operations under modern and high-tech conditions. PLA considers that modern psychological warfare has gone beyond peacetime & wartime, in front & in rear of enemy, and soldiers & civilians; even, it could be used in international society or political and economic scenario in Taiwan. Consequently, PLA clarified the concept of psychological warfare and included it a part of political work while revising and publicized the “Political Work Regulation” in December 2003.
There are six chapters in this thesis. Chapter l is the introduction. Chapter 2 analyses theories, background and development of PLA’s psychological warfare toward Taiwan, so as to provide basic understanding of the concept. Chapter 3 introduces various methods PLA uses and adjustments made in accordance with international changes. Chapter 4 discusses strategies, influence and potential problems in PLA’s psychological warfare to the island, and serves as referenced in promoting Taiwan’s professional system in setting psychological warfare strategy.
In Chapter 5, the author try to propose countermeasures for Taiwan to fight against PLA’s psychological warfare tactics, such as to nurture talents in the field, and change with times to face challenges. Lastly, based on these chapters, in the conclusion the author hope to induce research findings and new directions for Taiwan military forces to effectively break attacks and schemes from PLA.
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