Chinese President Xi Jinping Tells Troops to Focus on 'Preparing for War' - Tasnim News Agency

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on troops to "put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war" in a visit to a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday.

During an inspection of the People's Liberation Army Marine Corps in Chaozhou City, Xi told the soldiers to "maintain a state of high alert" and called on them to be "absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable", according to state news agency Xinhua.