Xi says China must strengthen training for 'actual combat'

BEIJING (AFP): China's President Xi Jinping (pic) called on the country's armed forces to "strengthen military training oriented towards actual combat", state media reported Wednesday (April 12), after Beijing conducted military drills intended to intimidate Taiwan.

Xi's comments, made on a naval inspection trip on Tuesday, come amid heightened tension in the region after the show of force by Beijing, which sees self-ruled Taiwan as its territory.