Xi Considering Renumbering Army's History Numbers, Say Sources
April 26 2017
China's President Xi Jinping may change the unit numbers of the army corps of the People's Liberation Army, reports the South China Morning Post, citing military sources.
"Serial numbers for the 13 army corps are likely [to] restart from 71 and end at 83," an unnamed senior retired army official in Beijing told the newspaper.
The army had up to 70 corps, starting at one, when the Communist Party took power in 1949. There are now 13 following Xi's order earlier in the year to...
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