China shoots down reports of military centralisation
8 Jan 2014 6:25 AM IST
China denied on Tuesday a state media report that said its military will establish a joint operational command structure for its forces to improve coordination between different parts of the defence system.
The English-language China Daily newspaper reported last week that the government would implement a joint command system ‘in due course’ and it had already launched pilot programmes to that effect.
‘With regards to this, the Defence Ministry has clarified that the relevant report is groundless,’ the ministry said in a statement on its website.
The People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, and its sister tabloid, the Global Times, carried the denials on Monday, citing unidentified ministry sources.
The ministry posted the People’s Daily report on its website on Tuesday.
The English-language China Daily newspaper reported last week that the government would implement a joint command system ‘in due course’ and it had already launched pilot programmes to that effect.
‘With regards to this, the Defence Ministry has clarified that the relevant report is groundless,’ the ministry said in a statement on its website.
The People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, and its sister tabloid, the Global Times, carried the denials on Monday, citing unidentified ministry sources.
The ministry posted the People’s Daily report on its website on Tuesday.
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