Chinese President Xi Jinping praises military branch central to keeping up pressure on Taiwan

The People’s Liberation Army must boost combat readiness, Chinese President Xi Jinping told its Eastern Theatre Command, the branch central to keeping up cross-strait pressure on Taiwan, while praising its efforts in “safeguarding China’s sovereignty”.

“It is imperative for us to deepen planning on war and combat, upgrade the joint system of theatre commands, focus on actual combat training, and improve our ability to win any war,” Xi said during an inspection tour of the command headquarters in Nanjing on Thursday.