"It is reasonable and legal to set up an armed forces department in the urban management bureau."

Authorities in the Hanyang district of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, reacting to a heated discussion arising from the establishment of an armed forces department for urban management, or chengguan, on Saturday. The armed forces department was set up on Wednesday, Army Day in China, local media reported. The report has become a hot topic among netizens.

(China Daily 08/07/2012 page2)