 The Chinese leader ordered the army to prepare for war. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on the People's Liberation Army to improve its combat readiness in order to be able to win any war. He made the remarks after meeting with the military command responsible for operations in the Taiwan Strait. Speaking to soldiers at the Eastern Theater Command headquarters in Nanjing, Xi hailed their significant contributions in safeguarding China's sovereignty and urged for vigilance against potential dangers. It is imperative for us to deepen planning on war and combat, upgrade the joint system of theater command, focus on actual combat training and improve our ability to win any war. The president said following an inspection of the command headquarters, the Eastern Theater Command is largely focused on the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait and would be tasked with conducting major operations against Taipei in the event of a hot conflict. China views self-ruling Taiwan as part of its own territory and has vowed to bring the Democratic Island under its control one day by force if necessary. It is necessary to deepen war and combat planning, focus on military training for actual combat and accelerate the improvement in our capacity to win. Xi said during an inspection of the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command, Xi told military representatives that they should dare to fight, be good at fighting and resolutely defend national sovereignty and security. First of all, I would like to express my condolences to the Central Committee of the Party and the Central Military of the Eastern Theater Command, and I would like to express my sincere condolences to the people of the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.