China's commanders come under flak for outdated training ANI 02 May 2021, 20:55 GMT+10 Beijing [China], May 2 (ANI): Despite the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) achieving automation of its weapon systems, the training of troops has reportedly not kept pace with the advances in weapons, prompting the Beijing's military's mouthpiece to lash out at commanders for not adopting a modern mindset to technology. Citing several articles published last week, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported the shortcomings in the ground force's training system highlighted by the PLA, saying many manoeuvres looked very tough, but were "actually distinctly outdated and inefficient". "All rivals value and rely on technology [in the modern battlefield]. It will be difficult to hit the bull's eye if we cannot have breakthroughs in training, and do not pay attention to innovative combat," wrote Zhang Xicheng, a researcher from the PLA Military Academy.