{"id":25420,"date":"2023-03-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/09\/chinas-xi-calls-for-more-quickly-elevating-nations-armed-forces\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:08:28","slug":"chinas-xi-calls-for-more-quickly-elevating-nations-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/03\/09\/chinas-xi-calls-for-more-quickly-elevating-nations-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Xi calls for \u2018more quickly elevating\u2019 nation\u2019s armed forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s leader Xi Jinping has called for \u201cmore quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards,\u201d in a speech just days after a top diplomat warned of the growing <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-relations-sabotage-development-taiwan-cb60a10bc988243af53c98f2c9e92104\">possibility of conflict with the U.S.<\/a> unless Washington changes course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China must maximize its \u201cnational strategic capabilities\u201d in a bid to \u201csystematically upgrade the country\u2019s overall strength to cope with strategic risks, safeguard strategic interests and realize strategic objectives,\u201d Xi said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remarks to delegates in the ceremonial parliament representing the People\u2019s Liberation Army, the military wing of the ruling Communist Party, and the paramilitary People\u2019s Armed Police, were carried by the official Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi issued a series of calls to accelerate the build-up of self-reliance in science and technology, bolster strategic capabilities in emergency fields, make industrial and supply chains more resilient and make national reserves \u201cmore capable of safeguarding national security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program laid out by Xi dovetails with a number of national strategies already underway, including the \u201cMade in China 2025\u2033 campaign to make China dominant in 10 key fields from integrated circuits to aerospace, and a decades-old campaign for civilian-military integration in the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi also mentioned the need for \u201cachieving the goals for the centenary of the PLA in 2027,\u201d a date by which, according to some U.S. observers, China intends to have the capability of conquering self-governing Taiwan, an American ally, by military means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has defined the centenary goals in mostly vague terms, such as greater \u201cinformatization\u201d and raising the PLA to \u201cworld-class standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China needs to build \u201ca strong system of strategic deterrent forces, raise the presence of combat forces in new domains and of new qualities, and deeply promote combat-oriented military training,\u201d according to a speech Xi gave last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Qin Gang had warned in unusually stark terms about the possibility of U.S.-China frictions leading to something more dire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing and there surely will be conflict and confrontation,\u201d Qin said in his first news conference since taking up his post last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuch competition is a reckless gamble, with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the two peoples and even the future of humanity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That echoed remarks made by Xi on Monday to delegates that seemed to underscore Chinese frustration with U.S. restrictions on access to technology and its support for Taiwan and regional military blocs in unusually blunt terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWestern countries led by the United States have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression of China, which has brought unprecedented grave challenges to our nation\u2019s development,\u201d Xi was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A State Department spokesperson, Ned Price, responded by saying Washington wants to \u201ccoexist responsibly\u201d within the global trade and political system and has no intention of suppressing China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not about containing China. This is not about suppressing China. This is not about holding China back,\u201d Price said in Washington. \u201cWe want to have that constructive competition that is fair\u201d and \u201cdoesn\u2019t veer into that conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile on Wednesday, Gen. Laura J. Richardson, Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for South America and the Caribbean, testified before the House Armed Services Committee that China and Russia were \u201cmalign actors\u201d that are \u201caggressively exerting influence over our democratic neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China is \u201cspreading its malign influence, wielding its economic might, and conducting gray zone activities to expand its military and political access and influence,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a strategic risk that we can\u2019t accept or ignore,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among other activities, China has built a massive embassy in the Bahamas, just 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresence and proximity absolutely matter, and a stable and secure Western Hemisphere is critical to homeland defense,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Beijing\u2019s Foreign Ministry dismissed U.S. questions and criticisms of Chinese intentions as an attempt to \u201cmake excuses for its military expansion and pursuit of hegemony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore criticizing and blaming other countries, the U.S., as the only military superpower armed to the teeth, should reflect on what it can and should do,\u201d spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a nod to a China-U.S. relationship that has sunk to its lowest level in decades, she said Washington \u201cshould meet China halfway and push China-U.S. relations back on the track of sound and stable development, which is beneficial to both countries and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen. 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