Introduction. Chairman Xi remakes the PLA / Joel Wuthnow and Philip C. Saunders -- Part I: Drivers and strategic context. Breaking the Paradigm: Drivers Behind the PLA's Current Period of Reform / David M. Finkelstein ; Choosing the "Least Bad Option": Organizational Interests and Change in the PLA Ground Forces / John Chen ; The Impact of Xi-Era Reforms on the Chinese Navy / Ian Burns McCaslin and Andrew S. Erickson ; The Flag Lags but Follows: The PLA and China's Great Leap Outward / Andrew Scobell and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga -- Part II: Building a Joint Force. Toward a More Joint, Combat-Ready PLA? / Mark R Cozad ; Coming to a (New) Theater Near You: Command, Control, and Forces / Edmund J. Burke and Arthur Chan ; Handling Logistics in a Reformed PLA: The Long March Toward Joint Logistics / LeighAnn Luce and Erin Richter ; A Modern Major General: Building Joint Commanders in the PLA / Joel Wuthnow and Philip C. Saunders -- Part III: Overhauling Services. PLA Force Reductions: Impact on the Services / Daniel Gearin ; The Biggest Loser in Chinese Military Reforms: The PLA Army / Dennis J. Blasko ; Making Sense of China's Missile Forces / David C. Logan ; China's Strategic Support Force: A Force for a New Era / John Costello and Joe McReynolds -- Part IV: Centralizing Authority. Large and in Charge: Civil-Military Relations under Xi Jinping / Philip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow ; The New PLA Leadership: Xi Molds China's Military to His Vision / Joel McFadden, Kim Fassler, and Justin Godby -- Part V. Integrating with Society. Keeping Up with the Jundui: Reforming the Chinese Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Industrial System / Tai Ming Cheung ; Civil-Military Integration and PLS Reforms / Brian Lafferty ; System Overload? The 2015 PLA Force Reduction, Military-Locality Relations, and the Potential for Social Instability / Ma Chengkun and John Chen ; Conclusion: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms, Philip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow -- About the Contributors -- Index.