People`s Liberation Army News

The possibility of PLA deployment to quell protests has hung over Hong Kong, but the city`s government, which ultimately answers to Beijing, has repeatedly said it can handle the situation.  

Hong Kong has been engulfed in angry and sometimes violent protests against the government for three months, sparked by a now-suspended extradition bill and concerns that Beijing was trying to bring the territory under greater mainland control.  

The anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown is not spoken of openly in China and will not be formally marked by the government, which ramped up censorship in the run-up and quashed open discussion of the violence.

Troops serving at China`s first overseas military base, in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, should help promote peace and stability, Xi Jinping told them in a video chat.

"The Chinese military does not demand a single inch of other`s land and it won`t give an inch of its own territory to others," a commentary in the PLA Daily said.

Xi arrived in the city on to mark 20 years since Hong Kong was returned to China by Britain.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a military restructure of the People`s Liberation Army (PLA) to transform it into a leaner fighting force with improved joint operations capability, state media said.

China may test a 400-km range air-to-air missile which could take out early warning and aerial refuelling aircraft. If successfully tested, the weapon`s range will be longer than those of the US and Russia.

The Sea of Japan is a strategic waterway bordered by Japan, Russia, South Korea and North Korea.

China`s air force sent bombers and fighter jets on "combat patrols" near contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move a senior colonel said was part of an effort to normalise such drills and respond to security threats.

India and China on Monday agreed to maintain peace on the border as ceremonial Border Personnel Meetings (BPM) on the occasion of People`s Liberation Army (PLA) Day were held on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir`s Ladakh region, an Indian Army official said.

Su Bin was charged with taking part in a years-long scheme by Chinese military officers to obtain sensitive military information.

Chinese state media unveiled a new title for President Xi Jinping calling him "commander in chief" of the country`s new joint forces battle command centre, as he seeks to consolidate power over the military.

China`s military will end so-called paid for services within the next three years, state media said on Monday, the latest move to modernise the armed forces amid a reform and anti-corruption push.

China's President Xi Jinping is seeking to drag the People`s Liberation Army, the world`s largest armed forces, into the modern age.

China`s peaceful development will be more serious and gain more respect from the outside due to the changes in the military, said a state-run daily which noted: "It has been decades since the PLA was involved in a war".

The changes announced late Friday will see a new army unit set up to oversee China`s arsenal of strategic missiles.

China`s military consulted widely on its sweeping reform programme, with President Xi Jinping closely involved by speaking with soldiers on the frontlines and hand-writing suggestions, the Army`s newspaper said on Thursday.

Bitterness is growing within China`s armed forces to President Xi Jinping`s decision to cut troop numbers by 300,000 and considerable effort will be needed to overcome opposition to the order, according to a source and commentaries in the military`s newspaper.