The war was also extremely revealing in military terms. According to Wong Ming-hsien, director of the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University, the high-technology warfare used by the US and its allies in the Persian Gulf stimulated the PRC to begin rethinking its strategy. Mainland China has decided to move from an emphasis on quantity to one on quality.
淡江大學國際事務與戰略研究所所長翁明賢指出，波灣戰爭中，美軍所使用的高科技戰爭型態，刺激中共開始思考新的戰略形式，從而改弦易轍，從對「量」的要求改成對「質」的講究，裁軍與高科技化成為中共的新國防政策。