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No. Desert Storm was a shock to the PLA system in its entirety.Why? China style combat gear is not good enough??
During Desert Shield, all the major military powers in the world, China included, wrote their own analyses of a possible shooting fight between Iraqi and US forces, even though everyone was hoping for a diplomatic solution. Their analyses were that though the US would win, we would take, according to the PLA, Vietnam War era casualties, meaning around 50,000 KIAs. But when Desert Storm hit, it turned out US and allies were more in danger of fratricide than from the Iraqi Army.
For China, the PLA's embarrassment in front of the Pulitburo was the point of no turning back. The PLA leadership had to admit that most of everything that make up the PLA was categorically inferior to the US military, down to the way a soldier was dressed and equipped. So if you look at the how the PLA reformed since Desert Storm, you will see American signatures all over it.