09.01.2006, 22:45
aus the china post, vom 9. januar 2006
Zitat:China cuts military by 200,000 troops in campaign to boost high-tech warfare
China has cut the size of its military, the world's biggest, by 200,000 soldiers in an effort to create a stronger, more high-tech fighting force, the military said Monday. [...]
The latest campaign left the People's Liberation Army with 2.3 million troops at the end of 2005, stripping out military farms and other noncombat units and removing layers of bureaucracy, the Liberation Army Daily said. [...]
China announced its fourth double-digit spending increase in five years in 2005, raising military outlays by 12.6 percent to 247.7 billion yuan (US$29.9 billion; €23 billion). But foreign analysts say the true total is probably much higher. [...]