China's Xi says to shake up military structure in reform push

China will shake up its military by establishing a joint operational command structure by 2020 and rejig existing military regions as part of overall reforms, President Xi Jinping said in a comments reported on Thursday. On this road, reform and innovation steps have never stopped," Xi was quoted as saying. Xi is determined to modernize the military at the same time as China gets more assertive in its territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas.