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On China's 'Snow Island': How Soldiers at 5,300m Keep the Border Ready
A recent visit to the Chagola outpost on the Tibetan Plateau highlights the PLA's use of high-altitude garrisons to project steady border presence. Soldiers endure extreme weather, training intensively and remaining on duty through major holidays to sustain deterrent capability and reassure both domestic and regional audiences.

Schools Link by Video to Border Troops for Lunar New Year — A Soft Push for National‑Defence Education
Ahead of the Lunar New Year, schools in several Chinese provinces held synchronized flag‑raisings and video calls with border troops to send greetings and provide national‑defence education. Coordinated by veterans' affairs and military liaison offices, the events mix human stories of frontier hardship with civic ritual to foster patriotism and familiarity with military service among pupils.