Xi calls for building elite forces during massive military parade
By Reuters
31 July 2017 |
11:00 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military on Sunday to transform itself into an elite force, as he oversaw a parade with flybys of advanced jets and a mass rally of troops to mark 90 years since the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
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