BEIJING (Reuters) - A 300,000 troop reduction announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday will be basically completed by the end of 2017 and further reforms of the world's largest armed forces are on the way, the Defence Ministry said.
Xi made the surprise announcement at the opening of a military parade marking 70 years since the end of World War Two. The cut represents a little more than a tenth of the military's 2.3 million strong forces.
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