China has been participating in peacekeeping missions for nearly three decades. However, it is only in the past five years that in addition to contributing "peace enablers", such as engineers and medical staff, the country has also provided "peace enforcers" via the deployment of police forces and infantry battalions.
"This is the Chinese naval escort task force. Please call on Channel 16 if you require assistance."
China took part in its first United Nations peacekeeping mission 27 years ago. Over the years, the country has grown into a major contributor in terms of personnel and finance.
Training in "realistic conditions" by thousands of Chinese troops before a massive parade on Sunday was "not related to the country's neighborhood situation", a military spokesman said.
Almost 90 years ago, the predecessor of the People's Liberation Army - the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army - was founded by the 7-year-old Communist Party of China. The new army's creation followed a military uprising in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, led by the CPC.
Every day at 5:35 am, before most people are awake, Wei Lingli, 20, and her comrades are out of bed. They have just a few minutes to wash and dress before embarking on a 5-kilometer run which they must complete in less than 24 minutes.
Walking around the campus of Peking University in Beijing, it was noticeable that Song Xi had darker skin than many of the other women on the campus. That wasn't surprising, given that for the past year, while the rest of her classmates have been busy working on their graduate theses, the 22-year-old "student soldier" has been training with the People's Liberation Army Navy. Last year, she suspended her studies and enlisted for two years.
Probably no other world leader has spent as much time in and given as much attention to engaging China as Czech President Milos Zeman. On July 19, Zeman invited about 1,500 businesspeople, experts and officials from the Czech Republic and China to Prague Castle for a wrap-up dinner at the conclusion of the China Investment Forum.
Trade talks held in Washington earlier this month provided an open goal for headline writers. "China to import American rice", or some variant thereof, was how many of the US media outlets greeted the positive outcome of a wide-ranging bilateral economic dialogue.
Last year, I activated the fitness tracking function in China's most popular instant messaging app WeChat in a bid to stay fit. By opting for an account that pulls motion data from my smartphone and auto-counts my steps, I was ranked against my account peers based on the number of steps I took everyday.
The keynote speech made by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, at a high-profile workshop this week offers a glimpse into the themes of the upcoming CPC National Congress. The speech lays an important political, ideological and theoretical foundation for the success of the 19th CPC National Congress slated for later this year.
In the past five years, the People's Liberation Army has made huge strides in its modernization drive, and now boasts an array of world-class weaponry and equipment.
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