PLA modernizes Xinjiang s military posture
PLA modernizes Xinjiang s military posture
Last Updated: Mon, May 17th, 2021, 12:16:29hrs
Hong Kong: There is abundant evidence, from online social media releases of the People s Liberation Army (PLA) and state-controlled media, that the Chinese military has intensified efforts to modernize ground units in the Xinjiang Military District.
The Xinjiang Military District is one part of the Western Theater Command. The latter boasts some 90,000-120,000 ground troops, principally divided into the 76th and 77th Group Armies (headquartered in the interior cities of Chongqing and Baoji respectively), according to research by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University in the USA.