Chinese Tactics > PART ONE: People’s Liberation Army Forces > Chapter 5: Tactical Information Operations
This chapter outlines the characteristics and principles that govern People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People’s Liberation Army Army (PLAA) information operations at tactical echelons. In keeping with the teachings of Sun Tzu, the PLA considers information operations to be at least as important—if not more important—than maneuver or firepower. Deception, trickery, and concealment are to be employed extensively throughout the information operations campaign in order to manipulate the enemy commander’s state of mind, the morale of enemy troops, and the enemy’s understanding of the battlefield to the PLAA’s advantage.
- Overview of PLA Information Operations
- Characteristics of Information Operations
- Principles of Information Operations
- Information Warfare Tactics
- Overview of PLA Psychological Warfare
- Characteristics of Psychological Warfare
- Principles of Psychological Warfare
- Psychological Warfare Tactics