China's Xi Urges Faster Weapons Development

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged faster development of advanced new military equipment to help build a strong army, state media reported, as the country steps up an ambitious modernization plan that has rattled nerves across the region. Speaking at a two-day conference of the People's Liberation Army, Xi said military reforms should be "guided by the objective of building a strong army," the official Xinhua news agency said late Thursday. "Advanced weaponry is...

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