# National Defense University
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The Mind as a Battlefield: China’s PLA Reimagines Psychological Resilience as a Combat Asset
China's military is pivoting its psychological services from basic mental health care to a strategic combat function aimed at 'cognitive warfare.' This shift integrates psychological resilience with ideological training to prepare a new generation of soldiers for the high-stress environment of intelligentized, modern conflict.
Soldier-Scholar Sharps the PLA’s Legal Edge: Inside a Professor’s Drive to Turn Law into a Military Tool
Fu Dalin, a military-law professor at China’s National Defense University, has driven a shift in the PLA to make legal expertise operationally relevant, building courses, labs and field partnerships that integrate law into wartime planning. His work reflects a broader Chinese emphasis on using law as an instrument of statecraft and military competition.