Hong Kong: While visiting a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed troops to « put their
Hong Kong: While visiting a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed troops to “put their minds and energy on preparing for war“, according to news agency Xinhua. During an inspection of the People’s Liberation Army Marine Corps in Chaozhou City, Xinhua said Xi told the soldiers to “maintain a state of high alert” and called on them to be “absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and reliable”, reported CNN. The purpose of Xi’s visit to Guangdong was to deliver a speech on Wednesday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which played a vital role in helping China’s economy become the second-largest in the world.