HONG KONG ¨C After months of intensified and increasingly ambitious drills to project power, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, speaking ahead of Tuesday¡¯s 96th anniversary of the People¡¯s Liberation Army (PLA), told China¡¯s armed forces to speed up modernization.
In his address, Xi said the military must broaden its combat capability and readiness, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
¡°We need to push for new equipment and new forces to accelerate forming combat capabilities and integrate into the combat system,¡± Xi told the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force¡¯s western theater command during a visit last Wednesday, Xinhua reported Sunday.
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