{"id":297003,"date":"2024-10-20T06:48:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T06:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=297003"},"modified":"2024-10-21T07:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T07:40:17","slug":"xi-jinping-orders-chinese-troops-to-boost-war-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=297003","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping orders Chinese troops to boost war preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vikrant Singh \u2013 MSN.com Oct 19, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Chinese President Xi Jinping called this week for troops to strengthen their preparedness for war, state media reported on Saturday (Oct 19), just days after Beijing staged large-scale military drills around Taiwan.<\/p>\n

Xi made his comments while visiting a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday, according to state-run broadcaster CCTV.<\/p>\n

Xi said the military should “comprehensively strengthen training and preparation for war, (and) ensure troops have solid combat capabilities”, CCTV reported.<\/p>\n

Soldiers must “enhance their strategic deterrent and combat capability,” Xi said.<\/p>\n

China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has stepped up its shows of force around the self-ruled island in recent years.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Beijing had deployed fighter jets, drones, warships and coast guard vessels to encircle Taiwan — its fourth round of large-scale war games around the democratic island in just over two years.<\/p>\n

China’s communist leaders have insisted they will not\u00a0rule out using force to bring Taiwan under Beijing’s control.<\/p>\n

Xi on Thursday said the Chinese military must “strongly safeguard the country’s strategic security and core interests”, according to the CCTV report.<\/p>\n

The dispute between China and Taiwan dates back to a civil war in which the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek were defeated by Mao Zedong’s communist fighters and fled to the island in 1949.<\/p>\n

China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since then.<\/p>\n

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