Chinese PLA soldiers in full combat gear during parade

The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) plans to procure 1.4 million units of Body Armor worth 13 billion yuan ($1.85 billion) in the coming two years as it prepares for possible military conflicts against ‘Taiwan secessionists and US provocations.’

State owned Global Times named ‘Taiwan and US provocations’ as the two main reasons for buying the body armor ‘to keep PLA casualty numbers as low as possible,’ suggesting that preparations for battle are going on. The body armor is meant for every frontline army soldier of the PLA Army with extra in reserve.

In the past few months, China is frequently talking about invading Taiwan and has lashed out against the United States for supplying arms to the renegade Island besides conducting naval patrols in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.