The PLA’s latest live-fire drill took place at an altitude of 4,600 metres (15,000 feet) in an undisclosed location in the Himalayas. Photo: qq.com
SCMP: China-India border dispute: PLA flexes military muscle with live-fire drill in Tibet
* Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily releases video and details of the exercise as state media steps up propaganda campaign
* Footage shows recently deployed artillery being used in what military expert calls a ‘demonstration of power’
Chinese state media has again highlighted a PLA exercise near the Indian border, as tensions continue to simmer
between the neighbours.
Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily published a video of the live-fire drill conducted by the People’s Liberation Army in the Himalayas, along with details of the exercise, as state media steps up a propaganda campaign to show China’s military might on the Tibetan Plateau.
It came days after Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid a rare visit to Tibet, including a trip to the disputed border with India. The visit was seen by observers as a symbolic gesture after months of friction between the two countries following a deadly border clash in June.
The latest live-fire drill took place at an altitude of 4,600 metres (15,000 feet) in the middle of the Himalayas, which separate China and its South Asian neighbours – India, Nepal and Bhutan. The report did not give the exact location or say when the drill took place.
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