{"id":1987956,"date":"2023-08-01T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-xi-says-military-must-be-ready-for-war\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:16:59","slug":"chinas-xi-says-military-must-be-ready-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-xi-says-military-must-be-ready-for-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping, China&#8217;s leader, emphasizes military preparedness for potential conflict."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinas-xi-says-military-must-be-ready-for-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div dir=\"auto\" data-qa-component=\"collapsable-content\" data-rc-highlight=\"story\">\n<h2>China&#8217;s President Urges Military Modernization<\/h2>\n<p>After \u200dmonths of intensified and increasingly ambitious drills to project power, Chinese president Xi Jinping, speaking ahead of\u2064 Tuesday&#8217;s 96th anniversary of the People&#8217;s Liberation Army\u200c (PLA),\u2062 told China&#8217;s armed \u2062forces to speed up modernization.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d his address, Xi emphasized the need \u200cfor the military\u2063 to broaden its \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-us-green-berets-helped-ukraine-train-for-a-war-with-russia\/\" title=\"Yes, US Green Berets Helped Ukraine Train for a War with Russia\">combat capability<\/a> and readiness, according \u200dto the official Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Pushing for New Equipment\u2064 and Forces<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We need to\u200c push for new \u2063equipment \u200dand new forces to accelerate forming combat capabilities and integrate into the combat system,&#8221; Xi told \u200bthe\u200c Peoples\u2062 Liberation Army Air Force&#8217;s western \u200btheatre command\u2064 during a visit last Wednesday, \u200dXinhua reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Marking the anniversary on Tuesday, an editorial in the official PLA Daily newspaper said the military\u200b had &#8220;enhanced its ability to carry out \u2062diversified military tasks in a \u2063wider space&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>China has flaunted \u2062its military might this year, ramping up military maneuvers and drills, signaling \u2062that \u2062its third \u200band most \u2062advanced aircraft \u2063carrier will soon start\u200c sea trials,\u200b and tightening its military relationship with\u2064 Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts say \u200bthat\u2064 the \u2064moves reflect China&#8217;s perception of increased external threats from the United States \u2064and its allies, and that Beijing is flexing its military muscle\u200b to send political messages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason is simple: the \u200dworld is\u2062 not peaceful and the external environment \u200bthat China faces continues to\u2063 deteriorate,&#8221; said Chinese military analyst Song\u2064 Zhongping, noting the increasing\u2063 intensity and\u2064 frequency \u200bof Chinese\u200b drills.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dU.S. \u200dis also expanding regional deployments\u200d and tightening ties with longstanding allies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-xi-says-military-must-be-ready-for-war\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping, China's leader, emphasizes military preparedness for potential conflict.\">newer friends &#8211; sparking calls<\/a> from Chinese officials that Washington \u200cshould steer clear of China&#8217;s coasts if\u200b dialogue between the two\u200d militaries is to\u2063 resume.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Thompson, visiting\u2063 senior research\u200d fellow at National University of Singapore&#8217;s Lee Kuan\u200b Yew School of \u200dPublic \u200bPolicy, told \u200dReuters that China&#8217;s drills represent \u200dmore of a political message\u2064 than a military one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything the PLA (People&#8217;s Liberation\u200b of Army) does\u200d is inherently\u2062 political,&#8221; Thompson said. &#8220;When the Chinese military conducts an exercise, it is showing force -\u2062 it is bestowing or sending a message to other countries,&#8221; he \u2064said.<\/p>\n<h2>Long-Range\u2063 Capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>Starting with \u200cthe \u200cmilitary drill \u2064in the \u200cTaiwan strait after Taiwanese \u2064president Tsai Ing-wen&#8217;s meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in April,\u2063 China has\u2062 conducted\u200d at least a dozen \u200dexercises and patrols from the Sea of Japan to the Western Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>At\u200b sea, China\u2062 is readying its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressman-likens-capitol-riot-to-pearl-harbor\/\" title=\"Democratic Congressman Likens Capitol Riot To Pearl Harbor\">aircraft carriers<\/a> to extend and assert its power beyond its home waters. Although they remain in training mode, Beijing has \u2062deployed the\u2064 Shandong \u2064farther into \u200bthe Pacific than\u200b previous sailings.<\/p>\n<p>Regional military attaches and analysts will be\u2063 scrutinizing the expected sea trial \u2062of the more\u2062 advanced Fujian carrier for signs \u2063of technological and operational progress.<\/p>\n<p>State broadcaster CCTV said in June that the \u2062sea trial would start &#8220;soon&#8221; but no \u200ddate has been\u200d fixed.<\/p>\n<p>In the sky,\u2062 China is\u2062 fortifying its\u200b long-range abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Videos\u200d posted online showed China&#8217;s J-20 stealth jet fighter \u2064taking off with domestically produced WS-15 engines, the South \u2064China Morning \u200cPost reported \u2064in \u200bearly\u200d July, while another\u200c report said\u2064 the new engine will put U.S. military bases \u200din South Korea, Japan, and\u2062 Guam\u2064 within\u200c the \u200brange of J-20.<\/p>\n<p>China has worked for decades to build\u200c its high-performance jet engines that can compete with Western and Russian\u2062 models, but the\u2063 capabilities of the WS-15 \u2064are not \u200bpublicly known.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064refueling variant \u200bof \u200cits long-range Y-20 cargo aircraft\u200b was also\u200c displayed in a\u2062 formation \u2063with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-looks-to-automate-fleet-craft\/\" title=\"Pentagon looks to automate fleet craft\">jet fighters<\/a> at a\u200d recent air show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It delivered a positive signal\u2063 that Chinese air \u2062forces\u2064 can \u2063conduct distant sea training and its\u200b systematic and long-distance combat capabilities\u200d are \u200cgetting stronger and stronger,&#8221; state media cited Shi Yunjia, a\u2062 J-20 pilot, as saying last week.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by\u2062 Greg Torode and Albee Zhang; Editing \u2062by)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>accelerate the modernization of our armed forces,&#8221; said Chinese President Xi Jinping, urging the military to enhance combat capabilities and readiness. As the People&#8217;s Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated its 96th anniversary, Xi emphasized the importance of projecting power and expanding their capabilities. 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