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China’s President tells Troops to Focus and Prepare for War

By News Desk

October 15, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping, told his nation’s troops to begin preparing for war, according to a report in Xinhua, the state-run news agency as tensions between China and Taiwan intensifies.

President Xi Jinping during a visit to Guandong military base on Tuesday said that Chinese troops should “put all their minds and energy on preparing for war.buy medications online gaetzpharmacy.com/medications/ no prescription ”

In his visit, China’s President said troops must “maintain a state of high alert” and remain “absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable,” according to state news agency Xinhua.

Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has demanded the Unites States call off the planned arms deal and sever military ties between Washington and Taipei.

Washington-Beijing tensions have also flared since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, believed to have originated in Wuhan. Xi’s remarks came the day after the White House said it will sell three advanced weapons systems to Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of the People’s Republic of China.

 Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense has also accused both China and Russia of attempting to act as a “malign influence” through addition of their militaries and “predatory economics.”

China has also increased military exercises in Taiwan, with dozens of Chinese planes crossing the median line separating Taiwan from the Chinese mainland in late September.

China and Russia “are using predatory economics, political subversion, and military force in an attempt to shift the balance of power in their favor, and often at the expense of others,” Esper said in September in remarks to the RAND Corporation, according to CNN.