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China’s Rising Military Not Ready to Win Wars, U.S. Report Says
Chinese armored vehicles attend the Sino-Russian 'Peace Mission 2009' joint military exercise on July 26, 2009.
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China’s military isn’t ready to win wars despite spending heavily to modernize, according to a report commissioned by a U.S. congressional committee.
The People’s Liberation Army suffers from “potentially serious weaknesses” that could limit its ability to conduct the operations required to fight and win future conflicts, the report by Rand Corp. a Santa Monica, California-based research group said.