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China's military commission chief and retired President Jiang Zemin, center, meets with professors of the National Defense Science and Technology University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the university in Changsha, capital of south China's Hunan Province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2003. China will cut an additional 200,000 soldiers as part of efforts to modernize its armed forces, Xinhua News Agency's official news service reported Monday, quoting Jiang. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jianmin)