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Chinese leader Xi Jinping inspected the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Airborne Corps headquarters in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, on Nov. 4.
Xi Visits PLA Airborne Force Amid Speculation of Weakened Grip on Power
The Airborne Corps’ core mission is to ‘liberate Taiwan’ as a rapid reaction unit.
Visitors look at the Chinese military’s J-16D electronic warfare airplane (L) and the KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft (R) during the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, on Sept. 29, 2021. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo
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