True, president Xi Jinping did promise to reduce the country’s armed forces by 300,000. But, given that significant numbers of these are expected to be reshuffled into other branches of the state security apparatus, and that it will still leave the People’s Liberation Army two million strong, the display of might remained potent and significant. China normally only holds such parades once a decade, to commemorate the founding of the people’s republic.
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