Xi Jinping Tells Troops to Ready for War
Last Thursday, on 6-Jul, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to prepare for war, warning that “the world has entered a new period of turmoil and change and China's security situation has become more unstable and uncertain.”
According to Reuters, reporting on a Xinhua news agency release, the state of the Chinese troops’ combat readiness was upped; current training maneuvers have apparently been upgraded to simulate ‘actual combat’, complete with live ammo.
Xi Jinping is said to have increased combat-readiness on the same day that US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived for her four-day visit in Beijing, wherein she hoped to secure the safety of current supply and manufacturing chains, which the liberal press referred to as “aiming to ease tensions”.
A similar announcement was made in Western press on 14-Nov-2020 and on 9-Nov-2022, outlets claiming that Xi had stated as reason: China's national security is facing "increased instability and uncertainty".
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