CHINA-LEADERSHIP: XINHUA'S 8TH COMMENTARY EXPLAINS XI JINPING'S THOUGHT ON MILITARY
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Xinhua (February 20) published its 8th 'Commentary on "Ten Clarifications" Highlighting the
New Leap of the Sinicization of Marxism' - this time on the military - captioned "Building a
People's Army That Follows the Party's Commands and Can Win Battles with Excellent Style".
It declared "It is clear that the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era is to build
a people's army that obeys the party's command, can win battles, and has a good work style,
and build the people's army into a world-class army" and that "The country is big, and nothing
is more important than the army." Stating that "A strong country must have a strong army, and
a strong army can lead to national security", it gave a chronology of the PLA's reorganisation.
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