China’s President Hu Jintao Urges Navy To Prepare For Combat

- China’s Hu urges navy to prepare for combat (AFP, Dec. 6, 2011): Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power. The navy should “accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a [...] continue reading the breaking news