China’s Xi calls for combat readiness as PLA marks founding anniversary

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[1/2] Visitors stand in front of a giant screen displaying Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a flag of the Communist Party of China, at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing, China October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo HONG KONG, Aug 1 (Reuters) - After months of intensified and increasingly ambitious drills to project power, Chinese President Xi Jinping, speaking ahead of Tuesday's 96th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), told China's armed forces to speed up modernisation. In his address, Xi said the military must broaden its combat capability and readiness, the official Xinhua...