Posts Tagged ‘China Bolstering Forces’

On Jan. 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued the regime’s military with mobilization directives, saying it must evolve into an elite force capable of winning any war. According to state-run news agency Xinhua, the order stated, “The armed forces must closely follow the evolution of technology, warfare, and rivals, redouble their efforts to better combine training with combat operations, and strengthen systematic training and the use of technologies to develop an elite force that is capable of fighting and winning wars,” Since 2018, Xi, who serves as both the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the chairman of the Central Military Commission, has issued annual mobilization orders. The directives set the military’s priorities for the following year and begin military-wide training. The commands come as the CCP adopts a more belligerent approach to foreign relations, which coincides with deteriorating…