China to cut military by 300,000
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 11:20 PM EDT
President Xi Jinping of China announced on Thursday that he would reduce the country’s military personnel by 300,000, using a speech marking 70 years since the end of World War II to present the People’s Liberation Army as a force for peace and regional stability.
The Chinese military now has more than two million personnel, and Mr. Xi has embarked on an accelerated modernization of the armed forces, which would shift spending from the traditional land forces to more advanced sea and air forces, which require fewer but better-trained personnel. But Mr. Xi described the cut as a gesture of peace at a time when China’s neighbors have grown increasingly worried about its territorial claims and military strength.
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