Chinese soldiers train for the upcoming National Day during sunset in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province September 29, 2005. Credit: Reuters/China Newsphoto
China’s ‘Mystery Warriors’ -- David Logan, The Diplomat
Each year, the PLA gets millions of new recruits. For a few weeks anyway.
There’s a joke among students here at Northeastern University in China’s northeast city of Shenyang.
Every fall, it begins, America’s intelligence agencies are baffled by the sudden and drastic increase in the ranks of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). For a few brief weeks, the PLA’s numbers are swelled with new recruits – 6 million last year – curiously all on college campuses.
But within a month, the new recruits have vanished, nowhere to be seen. The Americans are left scratching their heads, wondering what happened to these mystery warriors and when they might reappear.
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My Comment: There is no military benefit to have these "soon to be" college freshmen spend a few weeks at military camp .... but on a political level this has long term consequences .... at least that is what the Chinese Communist Party hopes for.
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