it is key to this part of the world and it is key, too, that nations are moving in a positive way to help a lot of these people and germany is the one showing how to move forward. so we ll continue to watch this. but there are ways you can help the migrants. and you can find all of the information that you need at our website, cnn.com/impact. do take a look at that. we turn our attention to china which has been showcasing its military might with a lavish parade in beijing. this event marked the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. the military wound through the heart of beijing during the celebration. president xi jinping also used the event to announce that china will be slashing its military personnel and here s why. translator: china s pla is an army of the people and the pla
the spending is dwarfed by a great deal by the united states which spends five or six times that in terms of expenditures. and china has been cutting the size of the people s liberation army since the 1970s. but comparing the army back then to the one that we re seeing now, the one on parade in the streets in beijing today it is a much more powerful, professional, and active fighting force today than it was when it had larger numbers. and that s because, rosemary, the chinese government is investing heavily in weapons technology. and the weapons that we saw on display here in beijing today according to state media, 80% had never been seen in public before. and unlike previous parades these were weapons manufactured in china. missiles, tanks, aircraft, all of these things that china will be now putting up for sale in