China’s military has cut back its troops by 200,000, the official mouthpiece of the People’s Liberation Army said on Monday, reinforcing its high-tech military ambitions to overtake rival Taiwan.The Liberation Army Daily said the two-year programme to slim China’s military was finished on schedule at the end of 2005, and troop numbers were actually down by 230,000, or just over 9 percent.China had 2.5 million serving military in 2003 when the cuts started. In 1987, it had about 4.2 million.
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