China’s Xi instructs troops to focus on ‘preparing for war’

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/While visiting a military base in the southern province of Guangdong, Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed troops to “put their minds and energy on preparing for war.

During an inspection of the People’s Liberation Army Marine Corps in Chaozhou City, Xi told the soldiers to “maintain a state of high alert” and called on them to be “absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable”.

The purpose of Xi’s visit to Guangdong was to deliver a speech to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which played a vital role in helping China’s economy become the second-largest in the world.

This military visit came amid heightened tensions between China and United States, with issues pertaining to disagreements over Taiwan and the COVID-19 pandemic.