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100 1 _aDOMINGUEZ Gabriel
245 _aChina planning to vasty expand size of marine corps/
_cGabriel Dominguez
260 _c2017
520 _aThe government in Beijing is planning to boost the number of marines from about 20,000 to 100,000 indicating that some of troops would be stationed at the ports of China. The move to expand the marine corps is seen as part of China's military reforms aimed at streamlining and modernising.
650 _aCHINA
_x MARITIME
773 _aIHS Jane's Defence Weekly: Vol.54 Issue 12, 22 March 2017, p.18 (122)
598 _a china
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