SHANGHAI, China – China is rolling out sleeker uniforms for its 2.3 million-member military, prompted by a bigger budget and growing involvement in U.N. peacekeeping, state media said Monday.

Manufacturers that won contracts to produce the new ceremonial uniforms have been required to take the measurements of the country's 2.3 million military.

Manufacturers that won contracts to produce the new ceremonial uniforms have been required to take the measurements of the country's 2.3 million military.

July 24 (UPI) -- Chinese military personnel have been permitted to wear their uniforms when they go on leave, but an overwhelming majority of respondents to an online Chinese survey said they do ...

China is gearing up to display its latest domestically produced military hardware at a parade in Beijing next month, ...

“The team members are all in Red Army uniforms at Jinggang Mountains, known as the birthplace of the Chinese Red Army, predecessor of the People’s Liberation Army, and the ‘cradle of Chinese ...

"Uniforms are an excellent point of departure for experimenting with the outsourcing of military logistics," he said. (China.org.cn, Xinhua News Agency July 3, 2007) ...