Xi Jinping asks Chinese military to be prepared for naval war. China considers it a historic mistake to try to exclude it "in the name of risk reduction" Every year, on the sidelines of the parliamentary sessions concentrated in a seven-day assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping always holds a meeting with the leaders of the army and police.
In addition to being leader of the Communist Party and president of the People's Republic of China, Xi is commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The Asian superpower has the largest navy in the world : more than two million soldiers.