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Xi orders more troops to join flood control

Updated: 2016-07-06 13:49

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Xi orders more troops to join flood control

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the armed police force to send more troops to support flood control and disaster relief in areas battered by rainstorms.

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