Chinese troops deploy to Polands border

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10. 100 troops

With its external environment becoming increasingly grim and complex, China has chosen to convey its response through force projection. Its ongoing military exercises with Belarus and Russia must be viewed in this context.

On the eve of the NATO Summit, military forces from China and Belarus gathered at a base near Brest city, five kilometers from the latter’s border with Poland, to commence the “Eagle Assault 2024” joint counterterrorism and hostage rescue training exercise. This is the second edition of the exercise, with the first one having been conducted in August 2018 in China’s Jinan city.

In terms of the number of troops participating, the 2024 exercise has put up a larger display of force, with both the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Northern Theater Command 80th Group Army and the Belarusian Special Operations Forces contributing about 100 troops each. In 2018, the total number of troops deployed by both sides together was 100.

https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/chinas-show-of-force-with-belarus-amid-nato-concerns/