BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also the military's commander-in-chief, on Monday appointed a new head of the armed force overseeing the nation's conventional -- and nuclear -- missiles, one day before the anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
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Military vehicles carrying DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during the parade marking the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in 2019. © Reuters
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