CHINA-PLA: PLA DAILY COMMENTATOR'S ARTICLE SAYS CHINA FACING INCREASING RISKS AND CHALLENGES AND ENTIRE ARMY SHOULD EMULATE THE BATTALION IN TIBET
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A PLA Daily (September 14) Commentator's article on Chinese President Xi Jinping's letter of September 13 to a PLA Battalion guarding the border in Tibet, said 'Xi’s letter “fully embodied the core of the Party and [his] deep love and concern for the border guard troops as military commander” and his high degree of emphasis on building the grassroots'. The PLA Daily commentary said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had “closely tied itself to the nation and to the fate of the nation” and its core vocation had always been to “defend the [nation’s] sacred territory and defend [its] national security.” Stating that PLA soldiers would “prefer to sacrifice [their] lives than lose one inch of national territory,” the Article asserted that the PLA would always be the “great wall of steel” defending China. It concluded by suggesting that, during a time of “changes unseen in a century” (世界百年未有之大变局) where China faced increasing risks and challenges and a serious and complex security situation, the entire Army should follow the example of the Plateau’s model battalion stationed at the border.
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