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Soldiers as Teachers: PLA Unit Tutors Children and Tightens Bonds in Tibet’s Border Villages
A PLA border unit in Tibet has been running a multi-year education and civic-engagement programme, providing one-on-one tutoring, national-defence instruction and household assistance in a remote Looba (Luoba) village. The initiative has improved student performance and local livelihoods while deepening civil–military links and patriotic socialisation in a sensitive border area.
Beijing Signals 'Decapitation' as an Option for Taiwan — A New Escalation in Cross‑Strait Posturing
Beijing’s defence ministry has publicly framed targeted strikes against Taiwan’s leadership as an available option, an unprecedented rhetorical escalation that follows a US cross‑border special operations episode. The move aims to deter secessionist moves, complicate allied intervention calculus, and has prompted regional hedging such as Singapore’s proposed contingency troop withdrawal.
From Revolutionary Roots to High‑Altitude Fighting: Inside the PLA’s ‘Red Ninth’ Push to Modernise on the Tibetan Plateau
A PLA company in Tibet known as the Red Ninth fused its 99‑year revolutionary heritage with modern high‑altitude combat training, testing new vehicles, drones and information systems while producing its own doctrine. The exercise underscores Beijing’s focus on integrating legacy political cohesion with technological modernisation in strategically sensitive terrain.
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.
China’s Southern Theatre Air Units Step Up Cross‑Day‑Night Flight Drills to Sharpen All‑Weather Combat Readiness
A PLA Southern Theatre aviation brigade has conducted intensive day‑and‑night flight drills aimed at sharpening all‑weather combat capabilities. The exercises highlight integrated training across pilots, support crews and systems, improving sustained operational readiness in a region of heightened strategic sensitivity.
A Letter to Tomorrow: How a PLA ‘Time Post Office’ Is Turning Personal Promises into Unit Performance
A battalion in the PLA’s 75th Group Army runs a ‘Time Post Office’ in which soldiers write letters to their future selves and open them a year later to assess progress. The unit reports a greater-than-90-percent completion rate and uses mentoring, periodic reviews and public recognition to convert personal goals into improved skills and cohesion.
A Uniform’s Quiet Authority: Soldiers Rush to Aid Stricken Elderly Man, Earn Family’s Gratitude
Two soldiers in uniform assisted an elderly man who had collapsed from disorientation and muscle weakness, providing first aid and ensuring he reached hospital before quietly leaving. The man’s wife later sought out the unit to thank them, saying that seeing the uniform made her feel reassured — a moment that highlights public trust in the military and wider questions about civilian emergency services.
First Homecoming in Uniform: A Mother's Tears and the Politics of Military Image-Building in China
A China military outlet published footage of a young serviceman's first homecoming, showing his mother in tears. While emotionally simple, the story illustrates Beijing's ongoing use of family-focused narratives to bolster military morale, recruitment, and domestic legitimacy amid demographic and political pressures.
From Knife Wounds to Military Merits: The Xu Family’s Two-Generation Tale of Heroism in China’s Armed Forces
Xu Honggang, hailed as a civic hero after a violent 1993 encounter, has seen his legacy carried on by his son, Xu Zelin, who joined the National University of Defense Technology and the PLA and was recently awarded a third-class meritorious service citation. The family’s story is being used to highlight intergenerational duty and to support China’s broader push to professionalize and politically consolidate its armed forces.