During a parade in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, President Xi Jinping revealed he planned to cut the size of nation's military by 300,000 personnel - twice the size of the British army. Photo: Xinhua
During a parade in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, President Xi Jinping revealed he planned to cut the size of nation's military by 300,000 personnel - twice the size of the British army. Photo: Xinhua
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China's PLA reforms slash political posts as part of a 300,000 cut in non-combat personnel by 2017

Cut of 300,000 largely non-combat staff by 2017 will leave military with two million personnel

Minnie ChanLiu Zhen
Minnie Chan and Liu Zhen

Updated: 10:13am, 29 Nov, 2015

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During a parade in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, President Xi Jinping revealed he planned to cut the size of nation's military by 300,000 personnel - twice the size of the British army. Photo: Xinhua
During a parade in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, President Xi Jinping revealed he planned to cut the size of nation's military by 300,000 personnel - twice the size of the British army. Photo: Xinhua
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