Chinese President Xi Jinping told officers from the Southern Theatre Command on Thursday they must be ready to handle any military emergency. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping told officers from the Southern Theatre Command on Thursday they must be ready to handle any military emergency. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping told officers from the Southern Theatre Command on Thursday they must be ready to handle any military emergency. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Military

‘Prepare for war’, Xi Jinping tells military region that monitors South China Sea, Taiwan

  • China must ‘take all complex situations into consideration and make emergency plans accordingly’, Xi says on visit to Southern Theatre Command
  • Military region has had to bear a ‘heavy military responsibility’ in recent years, he says

Topic |   China’s military
Kristin Huang
Kristin Huang

Updated: 7:53am, 27 Oct, 2018

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Chinese President Xi Jinping told officers from the Southern Theatre Command on Thursday they must be ready to handle any military emergency. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping told officers from the Southern Theatre Command on Thursday they must be ready to handle any military emergency. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping told officers from the Southern Theatre Command on Thursday they must be ready to handle any military emergency. Photo: Xinhua
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