It appointed him as the supreme commander of China's armedforces, thus completing his takeover of the country's three top positions, following his appointment as party leader in November 2002 and president in March 2003.
India's relations with China had been improving and of course China which is modernising its armedforces considerably but its focusing on extending South into the South China Sea.
The Joint Command of the US ArmedForces hosted the very first US-China joint military concert, on my birthday, in my hometown, to celebrate thirty years of US-China engagement.
Once the missiles have done their job, China's armedforces could (so they hope) follow up with a panoply of advanced Russian weaponry mostly amassed in the past decade.
The army's drive to upgrade its equipment comes amidst an overall modernization drive of India's armed forces--including its air force and navy--as neighbors China and Pakistan also expand their military capabilities.
Talks between the two armedforces typically sputter on for a few months before being called off again by China to express its disapproval of American military support for Taiwan.