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Updated: 2013-08-01 07:43

(China Daily)

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204

Generals

The Central Military Commission has awarded the military rank of general to 204 officers since the People's Liberation Army adopted a military rank system in 1955, when 55 PLA officers were commissioned as generals, Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

(China Daily USA 08/01/2013 page3)

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