The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command on Monday deployed army units to the border areas of Ruili and Zhenkang in southwest China’s Yunnan Province for armed patrols and joint air-ground alert patrols.
The operation aims to test the rapid mobility, multi-dimensional control and joint strike capabilities of the Southern Theater Command forces and maintain security and stability in the border region, according to the PLA Southern Theater Command.
(Cover: A view of Wanding Town in the city of Ruili, which borders Myanmar, in south China’s Yunnan Province, March 25, 2019. /CFP)