09-28-2004, 10:20 PM
<b>China: Party Plenum and supreme leader Hu Jintao </b>
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and possibly India.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Four new members and one Vice-Chairman were added to the CMC, increasing its total strength to 11,as against 8 in the outgoing. Various Military Regions including those of Lanzhou and Chengdu, relevant to Indian borders, the strategic force of Second Artillery, Navy and Air Force are represented in the new body. The intention seems to be the creation of a CMC capable of attending to the task of military modernization and managing crises, for e.g., the emerging situation concerning Taiwan Straits<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and possibly India.