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85. “Full text: China’s African Policy” People’s Daily Online,
January 12, 2006, available from english.peopledaily.com.
cn/200601/12/eng20060112_234894.html.
86. “China, Zimbabwe To Strengthen Military Ties,” Xinhua,
August 1, 2006, available from news.xinhuanet.com/
english/2006-08/01/content_4901960.htm.
87. “Botswana Defense Forces Soldiers Graduated From
Zimbabwe Staff College in Harare,” AFP20081126567007, Gaborone
Mmegi in English, November 25, 2008.
88. “Mozambique Defense Minister Visits China, Turkey;
China Grants $3 Million,” AFP20090605517002, Noticias Online in
Portuguese, June 3, 2009, translated by OSC.
89. “China launches mine-clearing training course for Afghanistan,
Iraq,” PLA Daily, September 15, 2009, available from
eng.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/2009-09/15/content_4040807.
htm.
90. “Summary: ZGB: Diversified Military Tasks Not Equal
To Non-War Military Actions,” CPP20081212088003, Beijing, China,
Zhongguo Guofang Bao Online in Chinese, December 11, 2008,
p. 3, translated by OSC. In this article, “nontraditional security”
tasks appear to be a subset of “nonwar military actions.” For most
purposes, the two terms are synonymous and include a wide
range of missions.
91. “PRC Expert: Joint Exercises ‘Important Channels’ for
PRC-Foreign Military Exchanges,” CPP20090719005005, Beijing,
China, Xinhua Domestic Service in Chinese, 1223 GMT, July 19,
2009, translated by OSC.
92. “REFORGER 1990 - “Centurion Shield” WEEK ONE”
available from www.3ad.com/history/cold.war/feature.pages/reforger.
1990.htm. Wikipedia says “Reforger 1988 was billed as the largest
European ground maneuver since the end of World War II as
125,000 troops were deployed.” Those 125,000 deployed troops
were in addition to the units already forward-deployed which
took part in the exercise.
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