What to Expect When You’re Expecting Chinese Marines
Posted By Aaron MacLean On March 24, 2017 @ 4:56 am In National Security | No Comments
Recent press reports that have received little attention in the West indicate that China is quintupling the size of its marine corps, from roughly 20,000 to 100,000 troops.
We really should be paying more attention.
Why does a development like this matter? After all, at least some of the growth will come from moving regular People's Liberation Army units out of the army and under the banner of the marines—moving troops from one administrative basket into another, really. But the fact is, any country needs an army to defend itself, and a large country in a complex region probably needs a large and capable army to pull this off. You only need a large marine corps if you intend to assert yourself overseas.
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