Following on the 2006 Carlisle Conference's efforts to examine the "right size" for the PLA in achieving Beijing's legitimate defense requirements, the 2007 conference, again organized by The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), sought to assess the quality of the PLA's human resources; identify trends in recruitment, training, and education of conscripts and officers; and assess...