China's military power takes 'quantum leap': defence ministerChina's military capability has taken a "quantum leap quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. " thanks to a modernisation drive and its weaponry rivals that of Western countries, the nation's defence minister said in an interview Monday. The comments by Liang Guanglie Liang Guanglie (梁光烈, born December 1940) is the Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He was previously commander of the Nanjing Military Region. A September 2007 AFP report claimed that he had been replaced by Chen Bingde. came in an interview published by Xinhua news agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation). The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese: 10 days before China is set to roll out a range of advanced weaponry in a National Day military parade  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. .
"Our capabilities in waging defensive combat under modern conditions have taken a quantum leap," Liang was quoted as saying. Liang rattled off a list of achievements in military technology and hardware by the People's Liberation Army People's Liberation Army Unified organization of China's land, sea, and air forces. It is one of the largest military forces in the world. The People's Liberation Army traces its roots to the 1927 Nanchang Uprising of the communists against the Nationalists. (PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD. (language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. ) including military-use satellites, advance aircraft, tanks, artillery and missiles. "It could be said that China has basically all the kinds of equipment possessed by Western countries, much of which reaches or approaches advanced world standards. "This is a very remarkable achievement which not only reflects the level of modernisation of our army, but also tremendous changes in national science and technology strength." Chinese media said earlier this month that "52 types" of new homegrown weapons would debut during the October 1 parade, and recent rehearsals through the capital have offered glimpses of the hardware, notably an array of powerful missiles. "It is no exaggeration to say that our army has a strong combat capability," Liang said. China has poured money into its armed forces in recent years in a bid to transform the once-backward PLA into a lean, professional and high-tech fighting force Fighting Force is a 1997 3D beat 'em up developed by Core Design and published by Eidos in the same lines of classics such as Streets of Rage and Double Dragon. . China's military spending rose 15.3 percent in 2009 to 69 billion dollars, according to a budget submitted to parliament in March, the latest in a string of double-digit increases. Amid growing concern overseas about China's military intentions, Beijing stresses the defensive nature of its armed forces. 
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