China to Cut 300,000 Troops from Massive Army
2015-09-04 08:20:36 source：CBS News
September 3, 2015
"Against the backdrop of the largest military parade in modern China, President Xi Jinping announced a troop reduction of 300,000 and pledged peace, reports CBS News correspondent Seth Doane.
'The experience of war makes people value peace even more,' Xi said.
China hosted a spectacular display of its armed forces Thursday at the parade, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, a war that cost tens of millions of Chinese lives."
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