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Chinese general calls for military to prepare for ‘hybrid’ modern warfare
- Writing in official newspaper, General Wang Haijiang gives glimpse of how PLA’s top brass sees the war in Ukraine
- He says China faces suppression and containment from Western countries that may ‘escalate at any time’
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Amber Wangin Beijing
The Ukraine conflict has shown that wars are now waged not just in the traditional battlefield but in unconventional areas, and that modern warfare has become a contest of overall national strength, according to a senior Chinese military commander.
General Wang Haijiang, commander of the People’s Liberation Army Western Theatre Command, made the remarks in an official newspaper, revealing Beijing’s thinking on the year-long war in Ukraine.
Wang wrote that China needs to better integrate its strategic forces and fully prepare for “military struggle” as the country continues to face suppression and containment by Western nations that could “escalate at any time”.
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The article, which was almost 4,000 words long, was published on the front page of Study Times – the official newspaper of the Communist Party’s Central Party School – on Monday and gives a glimpse into how the PLA’s top brass sees the war in Ukraine and how China’s military could prepare for future conflicts.
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It comes as relations between China and the United States have deteriorated and amid growing concern over potential flashpoints such as Taiwan and the South China Sea.
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