On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping used a speech during a massive parade of military strength to announce that he is cutting 300,000 personnel from China's massive army. He described the reduction of the 2.3-million-strong People's Liberation Army as a gesture of peace, saying that China will always "walk down the path of peaceful development." Xi made his announcement during a parade to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II.
China Is Cutting 300,000 Troops From Its People's Liberation Army
OnlineEditor@theweek.com (Peter Weber), The Week
Wed, 09/02/2015 - 9:20pm
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