Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered this year’s mobilization orders to the regime’s military on January 5, saying that it must evolve into an elite force capable of winning any war. “The armed forces must closely follow the evolution of technology, warfare, and rivals, redouble their efforts to better combine training with combat operations, and strengthen systematic training and the use of technologies to develop an elite force that is capable of fighting and winning wars,” the order said, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. Xi, who is both the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the head of the Party’s military as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has issued mobilization orders annually since 2018. The orders signal the priorities of the armed forces and initiate military-wide training for the coming year. The orders came as the CCP takes an increasingly bellicose approach to international relations, coinciding …