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120,000 Chinese Soldiers Entered “Xinjiang” by Plane
From:Uyghur Information Agency <info@mail.uyghurinfo.com>
Washington, Dec. 19 (UIA) –
The latest wave of China’ s People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
soldiers entered Chochek (Tacheng) City on December 10, adding the
total number of the PLA soldiers entering “Xinjiang” to 120,000
this year, China News Service reported on December 11. Most of China’s
PLA troops in “Xinjiang” are stationed in plain and desert areas with
severe weather conditions, the report said. In the past, the
replacement of aged PLA soldiers with new ones usually took some 20-30
days, creating difficulties to the normal function of border patrol and
weakening battle readiness, the report said. In 1990, China’s
Central Military Commission (CMC) decided to relocate and replace old PLA
soldiers stationed in “Xinjiang” through airborne
transportation, step by step expand the entire replacement, the report
said. CMC ordered China’s airline companies, railway departments,
police departments and civil affairs department closely coordinate
in order to create the conditions for making the airborne transportation
of PLA soldiers into
“Xinjiang” possible, the report said. Related PLA departments,
coordinating its efforts with
civil departments, have already created five airways to transport
PLA soldiers into “Xinjiang” since 1990 from the original one
airway, the report said. According to previous Chinese statistics, China
stationed more than half a million PLA troops in “Xinjiang” to deter
and crack down Uyghur separatism. Besides the standing PLA army, China
also has more than 2.6 million militias run by “Xinjiang” Production
& Construction Corps (XPCC), a quasi-military bloc
that possesses all the conventional weapons. In the past, XPCC
played a crucial role in clamping down Uyghur
uprisings.
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