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SCMP: China targets military training in renewed combat readiness mission
* Inspectors will keep tabs on progress in battle preparedness as the People’s Liberation Army seeks to become a modern fighting force
China’s peak military body will deploy inspectors and set up a new oversight system to strengthen military training and the combat readiness of the People’s Liberation Army.
The PLA Daily reported on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping, who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission, signed an order to release a new regulation on the supervision of military training, the first of its kind for China.
“The regulation formulates measures to rectify practices that are inconsistent with the requirements of actual combat. It also details the criteria for identifying malpractices and discipline violations during military training,” the report said.
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WNU Editor: Training is what makes a modern military, a concept that it appears the Chinese are now prioritizing.
