BEIJING: China's military will move 42,000 soldiers to civilian jobs this year as part of efforts to shrink the world's largest military, the main Communist Party newspaper said yesterday.
President Hu Jintao told officials during a video conference on Thursday to find jobs for the demobilised troops, the People's Daily said.
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