CHINA TOPIX

President Xi Announces Plan to Reduce Troops by 300,000 as China Holds V-Day Parade

Kwao Peppeh   |

Sep 03, 2015 06:19 AM EDT

President Xi Jinping on Thursday paid tribute to World War II veterans as he highlighted the significance of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. He stressed that China is committed to peaceful development and announced that Chinese troops would be reduced by 300,000.