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ChiComs shift 200K troops to internal security as unrest spreads in western areas
From East-Asia-Intel, subscription.
Beijing is beefing up its internal security forces in the face of growing domestic unrest, which leaders fear is a harbinger of future instability. China had 74,000 protests riots and disturbances in 2004 and the problem is growing.

According to U.S. China specialists, the large number of protests is a worrying sign for Beijing, since such protests and unrest have often preceded the fall of the ruling dynasty or government in Chinese history. China’s military is in the process of cutting 200,000 troops from its regular army forces and most are being transferred to the People’s Armed Police, as the security forces are called. Most of the current internal security troops have been deployed to areas in or near Xingjian and Tibet, China’s two western provinces.
The Tibetans did not exactly appreciate the manner in which the Chicom hosts came to visit.
Two senior Chinese generals said last week that China is stepping up training and equipment for 1 million PAP troops. Wu Shuangzhan, a PAP commander, and Sui Mingtai, a political commissar, wrote a recent article in Qiushi, a publication of the party's governing Central Committee, that the police troops should become “an extremely combat-effective force to deal with sudden incidents.”
The current euphemism for 'riots'.
The Chinese are worried about attacks by terrorists, saboteurs and the need to stem large-scale mass incidents.
The current euphemism for 'insurrection'.
The two generals also said China is being destabilized by enemy forces from the West. "Western hostile forces have never abandoned political plots to Westernize and divide our country," the generals said.
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-01-27
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