China Tells It's Navy - "Prepare For War"

Publishers Notes: Seems like the MSM had fallen short again. Why didn't they report this?

Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged the country's navy to prepare for military combat and advance naval modernisation as part of efforts to safeguard world peace.

The navy should 'accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security and world peace', Hu said in a speech on Tuesday that comes amid US and regional concerns over China's naval ambitions.

According to a statement on the government's website, Hu was speaking to the nation's powerful Central Military Commission at a meeting in Beijing focused on military armament and the latest developments in the navy.

'Our work must closely encircle the main theme of national defence and military building,' Hu said, according to the statement.

In a translation of Hu's comments, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the president as saying China's navy should 'make extended preparations for warfare', strengthening the term 'junshi douzheng' that can be also translated as 'military combat' or 'military struggle'.

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