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Pay rise for PLA officers

THE government has increased the salaries of low-ranking officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and raised living allowances paid to the unemployed spouses of army officers staying in the barracks. Leading officers at platoon and company... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Nov 20 2007

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