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How an Eight‑Year ‘Most Beautiful’ Awards Program Reveals the PLA’s Priorities: From Steadfast Guards to Chip Warriors
An eighth annual awards ceremony in a PLA Information Support Force brigade shifted honours toward technologists and systems innovators, signalling a clear institutional preference for indigenisation, experimentation and doctrinal renewal. The event and accompanying incentive mechanisms show how the PLA is rewarding risk‑taking and technical breakthroughs as it seeks to build a more resilient, modern fighting force.
China Opens 2026 Recruit Drive, Targeting University Students with Age Relaxations and Tuition Incentives
China has opened the first half of its 2026 conscription drive with a targeted focus on university students, loosening age limits for graduates and offering tuition reimbursement, loan repayment and preferential graduate-admission quotas. The measures aim to supply the PLA with technically skilled personnel amid demographic headwinds and intensifying competition for talent.
Beijing Courts Graduates: 2026 Recruitment Drive Offers Tuition Relief and Quotas to Attract University Recruits
China’s 2026 conscription drive explicitly targets university students and recent graduates with relaxed age limits, financial incentives, and preferential education and employment treatments. The measures aim to attract higher‑skilled recruits to support the PLA’s modernization and to offer veterans clearer career and educational pathways after service.
From Red Roots to High-Altitude Strike Units: How a 99‑Year‑Old PLA Company is Rebranding Tradition for Modern War
A century‑old PLA company based in Tibet is pairing its revolutionary lineage with rapid operational modernisation, transforming symbolic rituals into practical high‑altitude combat readiness. By improvising manuals, integrating drones and networking new vehicles, the unit illustrates the PLA’s wider push to fuse tradition with informationised, system‑level capabilities.
How China’s Armed Police Are Using Drones, AI and Cameras to Guard an Iconic Bridge
A People’s Armed Police unit in Nanjing has deployed an integrated system of fixed cameras, drones and an intelligent duty‑management platform to monitor and protect the historic Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. The initiative has reduced manpower needs, improved early warning and response, and exemplifies China’s broader push to fuse technology with domestic security operations.
Eastern Theatre Recon Unit Runs Round‑the‑Clock Drills to Hone ISR‑to‑Strike Skills
A reconnaissance detachment of the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command conducted a continuous day‑and‑night exercise that rehearsed infiltration, river crossing, drone reconnaissance and coordinated strikes. The drill underscores a PLA emphasis on realistic, night‑capable reconnaissance and faster sensor‑to‑shooter cycles relevant to operations in the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait.
China's Air Force Deploys High-Tech Screening to Sharpen Pilot Intake
China’s Air Force has begun its 2026 final pilot selection in Beijing, using enhanced medical and psychological tests and a suite of new diagnostic technologies. The recruitment drive emphasizes scientific precision, wider regional access, and strict anti‑intermediary rules, aiming to raise entry standards and streamline the admissions pipeline.
China’s Paramilitary Puts 35 ‘King of Soldiers’ NCOs in the Spotlight — A Signal of Professionalisation and Readiness
On January 15 the People’s Armed Police promoted 35 senior enlisted personnel to its highest non-commissioned rank, highlighting decorated NCOs from aviation, naval electromechanical and communications units. The ceremony signals Beijing’s ongoing push to professionalise its paramilitary forces, retain technical talent and bolster mid-level leadership to support both internal security and modern operational demands.
PLA Brigade Trials '1+N' Training Model to Link Drills to Mission Needs
A Central Theater Command brigade has introduced a "1＋N" training model that links a primary exercise to multiple associated subjects in continuous sequences, boosting realism and measured performance. The approach emphasizes mission-aligned drills, faster skill integration, and new standards for multi-level assessment.
South Korea Clears Development Tests of KF-21 Fighter, Mass Production Set to Begin This Year
South Korea's KF-21 fighter has completed its development flight tests and is slated for production deliveries in the second half of the year, DAPA announced. The milestone strengthens Seoul's aerospace industry and defense capabilities but still leaves practical challenges—certification, sustainment and integration—to be resolved before the jet significantly alters regional force balances.