Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the joint battle command center of the Central Military Commission on April 20, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua]
BBC: China's Xi Jinping takes commander in chief military title
China's President Xi Jinping has taken on a new military title, in his latest move to exert greater control over the armed forces.
Mr Xi is now commander in chief of the military's Joint Operations Command Centre.
State media showed him visiting the centre wearing camouflage fatigues.
China's foreign policy has become increasingly assertive in recent years, especially on its claims to disputed territories in the South China Sea.
Mr Xi is already General Secretary of the Communist Party, and chair of the Central Military Commission, which manages the People's Liberation Army.
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