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15:22, July 30, 2007 |
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is an armed force that has traversed an 80-year fight course. How do you see it and how you appraise it? For most people in China, it is an army of mighty power, of civilization, of justice and of peace… But when you traveled outside China or step outside its gate, you could hear much more complex noises. Some people might take it as an opponent force and some others regard it simply as a threat. Faced with such noise, how do you make your own assessment?
The methods are actually very simple: one is a historical one and the other with regard to logics.
Viewing from an angle of history, its 80-year course has provided most eloquent, indisputable facts for the people to make the correct judgment.
At the time of its birth, China was in the chaotic years of war. There was no single day of peace on this vast land, but with tangled warfare among warlords, aggression from foreign powers and races among Western powers to carve up the nation. It was precisely for this army that lifted the Chinese mainland out of war flames and enabled people to begin a peaceful and secured life after 22 years of untold fierce battles and expeditions. In the ensuing years, it also experienced a series of hostilities to beat back foreign aggression and harassment. Whenever battles erupt, the army could effectively curb their extension and stamp out war flames within a shortest possible period time. There was no territory ceding, no indemnity composition, no post-war overseas troop stationing, and no endless disputes and conflicts. As the victor of one war after another, the army has brought genuine peace to this land that had been ravaged by ferocious wars.
From the history of this army, the people have witnessed the loftiest realm of the traditional Chinese military spirit, namely, the supreme military power is to ensure peace and prevent resort to arms.
Via reasoning a logical method, one can distinctly tell its future direction from the earliest starting point.
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