PLA strengthens Xinjiang forces to foil terror attacks
By Cui Jia in Urumqi and Zhao Lei in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-23 07:36
China is strengthening its military power in its northwestern frontier region bordering Afghanistan and Central Asia.
The military reinforcement comes against a backdrop of United States troops pulling out of Afghanistan and extremists launching terrorist attacks on civilian targets.
People's Liberation Army troops based in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will vigorously enforce border controls, according to their chief.
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