China's Jiang: Army to Trim 200,000 Men

[newyawker99]

China will cut an additional 200,000 soldiers as part of efforts to modernize its armed forces, state media reported Monday, quoting military commission chief and retired president Jiang Zemin.

The cuts were reported by the official Xinhua news agency and come on top of an already-announced 500,000-man reduction over the five years ending in 2005.

Altogether, the military will shrink from about 2.5 million people to about 1.8 million.

The cuts will coincide with the introduction of more high-tech battle systems, Xinhua said. It cited a speech by Jiang, who still heads the government and Communist Party commissions that control the military.


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[pansypoo53219]

1. what exactly

will all these testosterone filled women-less guys be doing?

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. Training for jobs from American companies, most likely...

:shrug:

[this_side_up]

3. I bet BushCo hires

them to go to the ME