- 13 Jul 2017 05:35
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... s?from=mdr
Army will shrink dramatically, air-force and navy will increase dramatically. Going for an imperial/mobile conquest build. This coincides with the opening of China's first military base abroad in Djibouti, Africa. It has invested over $16 billion in the port of Djibouti and linked it's economic interests there to the base.
China will downsize its 2.3 million-strong military, the world's largest, to under one million in the biggest troop reduction in its history as part of a restructuring process, an official Chinese daily said.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will increase the numbers of other services, including navy and missile forces, the PLA Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese military, reported.
Jun Zhengping Studio, a Chinese social WeChat account run by the newspaper published an article yesterday on structural reform in the military, saying that "the old military structure, where the army accounts for the vast majority, will be replaced after the reform".
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl ... s?from=mdr
Army will shrink dramatically, air-force and navy will increase dramatically. Going for an imperial/mobile conquest build. This coincides with the opening of China's first military base abroad in Djibouti, Africa. It has invested over $16 billion in the port of Djibouti and linked it's economic interests there to the base.