People’s Liberation Army soldiers attending a farewell ceremony for veterans near Hangzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang. Credit Reuters
Jane Perlez, New York Times: Soft Recruits Hinder China’s Military Modernization
Many armies have trouble molding capable soldiers from fresh-out-of-school 18-year-olds. China is no exception and, it turns out, has a particular problem with soft recruits.
Senior officers in the People’s Liberation Army recognize that many of their volunteers and conscripts have been raised as spoiled children and that as products of the one-child policy, many of them need toughening up, says a lengthy report by the RAND Corporation on the modernization of the army.
WNU Editor: And just earlier I posted a story on U.S. concerns with their recruits .... U.S. Army Rejects 7 Out Of 10 Potential Army Reservists Because Of Drug Addiction, Tattoos, Being Overweight, And Mental Conditions. Something tells me that this is a problem that most if not all modern nations have with their military recruits.
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