China Is Building a 100,000 Strong Marine Corps

According to unnamed PLA insiders and experts interviewed by SCMP, elements of the expanded Marine Corps would be stationed abroad, including Djibouti in the Horn of Africa and Gwadar in southwest Pakistan.

“The PLA marines will be increased to 100,000, consisting of six brigades in the coming future to fulfill new missions of our country,”…

Source: By Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat

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