President Xi Jinping has said that China would cut its troop levels by 300,000. That would streamline one of the world’s biggest militaries, currently around 2.3-million strong.Xi gave no timeframe for the troop cut, adding China would always “walk down the path of peaceful development”. Xi has set great store on China’s military modernisation, including developing an ocean-going “blue water” navy capable of defending the country’s growing global interests.
China flaunts military might
