4 Reasons Nobody is Joining China's Military

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[@Buglife.352]

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[@RainintheBrain]

“good iron is not hammered into nails, and a good man does not become a soldier" another Chinese quote on how joining the army is awful

[@binbi8177]

Why don't you want to be a soldier? Veterans can receive a generous retirement subsidy and can also find a decent job

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

@@binbi8177 - sounds like a question you've asked others but never actually asked yourself...

[@everest9707]

Cappy please don't tell the PLA what they are doing wrong, and how to fix it 🤦‍♂️ Let them get there on their own.

[@just-incase3483]

I’m thinking people don’t wanna die for some over paid politicians that haven’t done anything but get rich and take away their right to live and prosper!!

[@willywonka4340]

but you'll always have young green idealistic kids who'd fall for the nationalistic propaganda 🤷‍♂️😆

[@randallflores-qr8cs]

Bingo!

[@dedeferreira98]

I enlisted to protect my country and people, never have i once felt i served a political power. Thats just anti army propaganda.. IT seems funny now but one day people will cry out for more soldiers..

[@livethefuture2492]

Die for what? China hasn't been involved in any conflicts recently. It's just seen as a profession in China that pays decently well as I understand it. Much as people might join the army in US to pay off college loans.

[@dedeferreira98]

@NorgumiOwO i would say 90% of us do it for the people.. The flag, thats what it represents. Of course the army should be used only to defend its land. The world is chaotic tho. Thank you, have a nice day:)

[@andy4an]

"lie flat" actually has an additional evolution... "let it rot" the young population is so over the grind. youth unemployment is horrendous, and the jobs tend to require obscene hours and offer low pay

[@J_X999]

This is a global phenomenon. Housing alone is too expensive for the young generation. If young people with solid wages are unable to purchase their own place to live, pessimism will be rife. In Canada, UK and South Korea, this is pretty prevalent.

[@wilfdarr]

10 hours a day, 6 days a week? Ya, I'd be done too.

[@chrisdiaz4876]

As a young man looking to join the Marines I don't know, I find it very hard to understand these pessimistic philosophies that come about, especially since my neighborhood feels like heaven on Earth. So many kids you see walking around with no desire for anything, it's a condition I believe mainly caused by the ease of modern life so widespread in today's world. I've always felt that it's up to a man to make his place in this world, I always saw that as a universal constant. Why others don't have that opinion is strange, especially in the young men my age.

[@haruspex9662]

​@@chrisdiaz4876Your neighborhood must be nice. Not everyone experiences that. For me, I don't support the federal government so I would never enlist in their military. Some people have moral apprehensions about their current leadership. I'm sure the sentiment rings true in China and many other countries as well. Why would I support a system that doesn't support me?

[@theangrysocialist6884]

@@chrisdiaz4876 thing are just getting worse pay is stagnant while prices are rising hard workers are punished with more work and the truth of how irrelevant the suffer of the people is to a capitalist government is showing so of course people are unmotivated. now of course this allso happens in China but China is allso about the only country where I've seen improvement on such matter like their Bann of the 12 hour work day

[@inthenewsbw2003]

War is about a bunch of old uncles telling many young lads to die for them

[@SnickC13]

Mine said dont lol. Not for politicians

[@勇王-t1x]

中国不是，中国军人还要负责洪水，地震救援。1998年洪水是中国军人跳到洪水里组成人墙去阻挡洪水的，汶川地震也是中国军人第一时间到达现场的。

[@勇王-t1x]

1998年洪水时中国政府对军人的要求长江大堤在军人就要在上面，长江大堤如果垮塌军人就要殉葬！

[@勇王-t1x]

😂TMD老子的评论又被吃掉了……我的言论自由呢？

[@hankent]

War is also people struggling for life, like in Gaza. BTW to the OP: Keep up the good work, you are a valuable asset and expert mouthpiece to the Strategic Fool You Department (SFUD) of China.

[@erikvan9582]

I think people need to understand the reason why everybody used to have giant armies and arsenals compared to their population sizes was because for many people the military was one of the few ways there were to put food on their table.The world has improved a lot since then

[@nametag4277]

Also there was the possibility of getting rich through plundering and looting. Not so much today.

[@jvbutalid8316]

following that logic, now that the world is going to the gutter, people are gonna go back to the military...and yet the recruiting numbers are still not ramping up. as for why, there may be some factors: 1. the people who wanted to join aren't physically and mentally fit, and can't be trusted to remain so in the long term 2. the military can't recruit that many due to budgetary problems that come with keeping them well-fed (i mean, it spends money on other things, too, like buying more of what hardware they already had, maintaining all equipment and infrastructure they already had, researching for new technologies, outsourcing the development of hardware to the military industrial complex, and so on) 3. the military doesn't give them a reason to join and remain, reason so strong it tugs at the heartstrings 4. the military is suffering PR nightmare 5. the government behind the military is screwing up, and joining the military might be seen as covering up for the government's failings

[@mbaxter22]

This is why robot armies are in our near future. Robocop 2014 got it right: robot armies supported by a cadre of human handlers. The humans are all tough mercenary types, presumably well paid. This model of warfighting and policing is going to be extremely effective.

[@jvbutalid8316]

@@mbaxter22 ...and brutal. thankfully we're still in the growing pains part

[@dankdaze42069]

Not in America or at least in Democrat and liberal places it's a crap shoot miserable shite hole especially thanks to the elite put forth economy that Biden helped create 😮‍💨

[@LoveFactorySweatShop]

I was stationed in South Korea. Their conscripts just want to go back to a life of playing Starcraft and listening to K-pop girl groups. China is no different.

[@jjww30]

Be honest, you like K-pop now too, huh?

[@lattrelbia2527]

​@jjww30 imjs it puts a little pep in your step.

[@dirtydanxl4770]

Yeah but they are not treated as good as us soilders I knew alot of korean service members who where happy to be KATUSAs because the Korean army treats their services members like shit

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

The CCP is making video games illegal and they're attacking Korean media whenever they accidentally offend the CCP * cough* I mean the whole of China.. 😂

[@honkhonk8009]

@@dirtydanxl4770 Byproduct of conscription i think. The US was similar back when it had conscription. Less so in WW2, but in Vietnam, it was the case for sure.

[@reconsoldier135]

But wait, Tucker Carlson told me the Chinese military was so dominant and better than the US military. Are you telling me Tucker Carlson lied about something????

[@sriranga1000]

Don’t count the numbers it is the quality that is important China has huge army Quality big 0

[@waynehui4658]

This guy is paid by the Chinese to tell you the lie.

[@benjaminmatheny6683]

Comparing the "Lie Flat" idea to "Quiet Quitting" is correct. Saying it's trying to be "more comfortable" is not. It's an expression of the realization that hard work no longer translates to personal success. Chinese lying flat frequently *do not* have comfortable lives, they stop trying because working hard wasn't materially improving their situation. For example, there was a recent incident with dozens of nurses at a hospital threatening to all jump from the windows because they haven't received their pay in over 6 months. We are talking trained/educated professionals working without pay for half a year. If that kind of hard work is rewarded by getting stiffed, it's no wonder people lie flat.

[@blckspice5167]

No, "quiet quitting" is a corporate term, made up to guilt trip their workers.

[@laulaja-7186]

Quiet quitting is also not possible when you are unemployed. This is true on both sides.

[@mcgarbageproductions588]

damn

[@stark5679]

"Lol...i giveup. Nap time "😂

[@Taskandpurpose]

Great info, thanks for the comment , Always tough to draw comparisons between culture in China and the US

[@rollthedice54]

People 18-25 worldwide don't want to join their nation's military. I'm from Canada and our military has 100 personnel leaving and only 80 people being hired.

[@Fred_the_1996]

yes, i live in portugal and our army's classes are like 15 to 20 people at most. if you watch a portuguese basic training video it's always just one or two drill sargeants and just over a dozen recruits, it's kind of funny honestly

[@dedeferreira98]

@@Fred_the_1996 Its kind of sad tbh, we Portugal need a bigger army for sure, hope things change

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

@@dedeferreira98 For what? To protect against a Spanish invasion?

[@dedeferreira98]

@@BoxStudioExecutive Against any threat. Thats whats me and many others swore to do. You dont know whats coming in the future, the world might be peacefull (kind of) now but tomorrow? Ukraine gave up its nukes a few years ago in the promise of peace, look what happened. A country cannot survive withaut an army

[@GiarcraiGO]

Years ago, I knew an old Baltic German lady, whos family survived WW2 before they came to Canada (much of her extended family got stuck in the soviet union). I would talk to her about history, I remember I once repeated a phrase Id heard others say about "ww3 would be fought with nukes, so ww4 would be fought with sticks and stones". She responded to me that "ww3 will be the citizens of the world against their own governments". I've been thinking of her more and more the last few years and now can't help but think that she was right.

[@meanmanturbo]

Hmm, in Sweden there is no requirment for a university degree to become a pilot, nor officer. Officer training school is 3 years and counts as a university degree though, and fighter pilot training is 6,5 years.

[@mrroger-t6m]

That's the way to go, graduates don't have an incentive to go the military, and being eligible to officers course because you have some useless degree is dumbo

[@iamerror1699]

That's why Sweden military not so great. Kazahstan, greatest country in the world. All other countries are run by little girls. Kazahstan number one exporter of potassium. All other countries have inferior potassium.

[@chadadams3567]

Swedes and Norwegians are already mentally more competent coming out of high school, I have 2 bachelors and a masters of science and have been impressed by every Scandinavian I have met other than the fins........they're just nuts..........

[@pootyting3311]

@chadadams3567 Finland is crazy like a fox, though. They can surprise you. 🤪

[@josef-peterroemer5309]

In WWll it was not required to be an officer to be a Fighter pilot. There were many enlisted fighter pilots.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

Back in the 1940s to 1970s, people would join since that was the only way to guarantee yourself 3 meals a day

[@Pimpin-rm1ju]

That reminds me of Gangs of New York!

[@wilfdarr]

And when that failed to be the case, it was the Vets that started the protests in Tienanmen Recently it's because is shortens your path to party membership and the right to vote: "service guarantees citizenship"... so to speak...

[@purpleblah2]

My mom says one of her fondest childhood memories was the mandatory military drills they made Chinese schoolchildren do back in the day because they got to eat an army ration after.

[@venonat80]

In ‘90s and early ‘00 when I was in, joining the military was the only job around that had healthcare and affordable housing for their families.

[@bettyyu-h5q]

A good friend of mine was from rural China joined to escape the hard work and poverty in the 70's. Got 3 square meals but he really had to work for it. lol. He emigrated to the States and started his own construction company. We actully met when he was doing some renovation work for me and he would put in 10 to 12 hour days ( obviously not union workers here...lol) to finish as quickly as possible to start the next project. I ssked him if the workload was too much and he told me it was nothing compared to being in the PLA....lol

[@kingrobotnik6950]

So essentially, they need more highly skilled people, but the highly skilled people are saying “f-k this sh*t I’m out”

[@laulaja-7186]

That is SO true. For good reasons and bad, those outside the bell curve often don’t identify all that closely with those inside of it.

[@ABa-os6wm]

Yep. Why fight for any broken government?

[@Hana-qs9zg]

Why fight for a government that is willing to disappear you at any time?

[@ela09qpw]

This blogger tells opposite of the truth. PRC don't have any issues recruiting. The fact is, PRC have to raise the recruiting standard to turn down majority of applicants with some ridiculous reasons such as no tattoo is allowed, you have to be have pass certain grades in Uni to be able to qualify, etc.

[@aaronnilestoussaint5672]

@@ela09qpwit’s the exact opposite of the US. They’re lowering standards

[@dylannolan7454]

I’m a young male in the USA. My hobbies include, running, lifting weights and shooting guns, I was going to join the army with the hopes of going combat arms and then JAG later in my career, but Covid changed that. They’re going to need to invoke the selective to service act to get me to join.

[@jac6548]

you're so cool

[@jfs5873]

If they invoke selective service in committing sabatoge and acting as incompetent as possible.

[@kevinchristiansen8871]

Yep. How the government handled covid made it better to be in a militia

[@kelton6649]

Well for all the reasons not to join I would say a big factor for me personally is that I'm not a Chinese citizen

[@dedeferreira98]

That reminded me of a joke few years ago when biden became president. Someone Twitted "NOT MY PRESIDENT" and someone answered with "You fascist" only for the guy to say "Bro im no fascist im just not american"

[@wilfdarr]

They have hired several foreign pilots, so don't let that stop you...😉

[@matteff3814]

Russia will take you

[@RastaAfricanGentleman]

@@dedeferreira98 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's definitely something I would say

[@outofturn331]

How does overseas troll army appeal to you..

[@Andrew-i7v1s]

I'm planning on joining the marines. My great grandad and my grandad were in the marines, and my father was in the army. My father is supporting me in my actions to join the marines. My mother was not in the military, and her side has no backround in the military as well. She thinks that if I do that I am going to die. That is also what the chinese parents are thinking I believe, but unlike me having a brother, the parents only have one child, and they do not want their only child to be lost in the heat of war.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Great grandad was a First World War veteran, army. My grandfather was Army, British Parachute Regiment. He fought in the Korean War and built bridges in what were, at the time, British Empire Colonies (Malaya, Borneo, Singapore) My father was Royal Navy, serving mostly on our carrier HMS Invincible. He was present for the Gulf and Yugoslavia, he was a marine engineer. I almost joined the RAF throughout the UAS (University Air Squadron), but by the time I had researched it and gone to apply, I'd missed the cut-off date by 2 days! I could have waited a year but decided against it and just went to university. And nobody else in my family cohort (nan and granddad's grandchildren) joined the military, my father was the last.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

During the Falklands War my father was at the tail end of his time on HMS Coventry, a Type 42 Destroyer. He was supposed to disembark on the way at Gibraltar but was unable to. He was finally helicoptered off Coventry on the morning of 25th May, 1982. She was sunk a few hours later and was hit in the engine room which was his duty station, the engineer that took over his station was killed.

[@wilfdarr]

I don't think that's what they're thinking: the Chinese military has had 4 combat related deaths this decade. It's now that there is no social net for parents in China, their kids are a major part of their retirement planning, so to have your only child forgo a good career for service just isn't acceptable to many Chinese parents, and the two child policy won't start producing 18 year olds for another decade

[@Riceball01]

Way to go. Best of luck to you in boot camp. Two pieces of advice that helped me get through boot camp ages ago. Just take it one day at a time; don't think of how many days you've been in and how many more until graduation. Second, don't volunteer for anything. If one of your DIs approaches your platoon and asks for volunteers, don't raise your hand. Whatever they want volunteers for it's not going to be for anything good like cake and ice cream.

[@DalibanCohort]

Joining the beloved Corps, eh? Just remember everything in boot camp has a method to a madness. It’s all a test. They just want to see how much it’s going to take to break you. They’re gonna. Prepare for it. As for the fleet, well, I’ll just say the Marine Corps makes way for those who “can make it happen” versus those who make excuses. Good luck in your future decisions.

[@ela09qpw]

I am Chinese and I can tell you PRC don't have recruiting issues. In some areas, young people have to pull strings to join the army. As a blogger, you really need to have your fact checked.

[@ralphace3071]

Source: trust me bro 😂😂😂

[@ela09qpw]

@@ralphace3071 not trust me, you can go and check PRC recruitment standard

[@biyz5287]

What are you doing…let them celebrate in their ignorance shall we?

[@199895191]

@@ela09qpw哥们评论删了吧，战忽局辛苦猛干 1 年，你一句话说破了😂

[@BukitMak]

This guy has no idea about the Chinese but spewing malarkey. Probably paid to create this video.

[@MM22966]

Something Cappy alluded to but didn't get into is that the Chinese military is a radically different thing compared to 30-40 years ago. Before about 1992 or so, they were primarily a very large militia/light infantry army with a navy and air force subordinate to it. (That is why you still have PLAAF and PLAN as their names). They have very little gear or technical capability, and no ability to project force even as far as Taiwan. So they are trying/continuing to build a modern, Western-style 1st World military while also facing a radically changing economy and country.

[@doujinflip]

Post-Mao China was racing to get rich and developed before their population base gets old and cost-sensitive manufacturing reliances offshored. Clearly they're failing.

[@elmohead]

Clearly they are falling into the number 2 or 1 economy depending on how you calculate it.

[@doujinflip]

They’re #2, but closer to Japan who is only 1/10 of the people and even less of the natural resources than they are to the US. The way their economy is stalling (structural not cyclical), even their economic rank trends to fall just like their population one.

[@Jkl62200]

China's economy is far closer to the USA's than to Japan's. For 2023, Japan's GDP is only 4T while China's 18T and the US is 27T. Chnia's GDP by PPP has been bigger than the US for a number of years now@@doujinflip

[@takeoffthesunglasses]

There is little point trying to be 1st world military if you up against a phalanx of opponents for have hundreds of years of naval military history. (please no replies about how China once had a navy 1,000 years ago 🙂). China is against a rearming Japan, USA, Australia, UK, Taiwan, Phillipines etc etc. It really doesn't matter what they do. It won't be enough.

[@_BAYOU_]

I think the one major thing that a lot of people seem to overlook on the recruiting problem is the fact that we can go to KZbin and see what real war is like and understand that we do not want to be in that situation

[@christiandauz3742]

Only volunteers are those that have stayed in Ukraine fighting for the Ukrainians One of the few, by comparison, wars in which there is a clear moral side

[@bestieswithtesties]

Nah an overwhelming majority of people definitely romanticize war. We've all been conditioned to do so through movies/TV and video games etc. The only thing KZbin has to do with anything is that everyone would rather be a KZbinr or "influencer" and make millions doing fun stuff rather than enlisting and having to do a bunch of manual labor for low pay.

[@wedemboyz2783]

@@bestieswithtestiesidk about you but running away from 300$ drones with grenades doesn’t sound too fun. I Used to want to join the marines until I realized I would just be a number on a sheet.

[@rangerrick2246]

outside of there not being KZbin in China there is plenty of "war" on TicTok. I live in China and if you can't get rich, parents won't let their kids do it

[@rbs1997]

A point i was making a while ago to an older person who thought new generations are weak

[@Mr.Odd48]

我是中国人，事实上现在中国年轻人入伍的积极性比以前更高，但现在征兵的要求太高，淘汰了很多身体素质和文化水平不达标的兵源。因为年轻人近视率太高，为了获取足够兵源，放低了对视力的要求。现在中国军队的技术兵种占比相较军改前大大提高，增加了很多新兵种，例如无人机操作员。我怀疑5年后如果中国发生战争的话，敌军面对的不是手持格式轻武器的步兵，而是5000架盘旋在头顶的无人飞机，3000辆无人战车，10000条机械狗和漫天的弹道导弹、火箭弹、榴弹。

[@zhou-ho2fk]

别跟他们解释，最好让所有人都认为中国军队没人了，Nobody is Joining China's Military，战忽局优秀员工

[@ultraman-c8c]

😂😂😂😂 are u prepared to face war cyborg robots??😅

[@Mr.Odd48]

@@ultraman-c8c 我没懂你的意思。

[@goodbyetoromance9320]

他说你是机器人，别理这帮老外，我在美国生活三年了，经常遇到老外问我奇葩问题，我都习惯了，他们的媒体把他们忽悠的不轻。

[@Mr.Odd48]

哦，哈哈

[@andrewalderman9489]

12 years ago, I worked as a teacher in Beijing. The one thing I noticed about the Chinese is a distrust of the government, and a general lack of patriotism. They are proud of Chinese culture, but not necessarily of the nation of China.

[@laulaja-7186]

In a superpower generally, individuals feel less need to identify with their country. Reckon it will get along fine without them. Strong and widespread patriotism makes more sense in small countries with a real threat of annihilation.

[@ytnewwave6]

Their government is communist. Communists always lie, so they got tire and have heard enough of lies all their lives.

[@loremasteringwion9930]

I currently work in China, and this is not true at all. Chinese people have a high regard for their government and are becoming more and more hypernationalistic, patriotic, and anti-west. I have American friends who have been abused simply because they were American

[@xutoby-n2f]

12年中国改变了很多。

[@creazytinr]

keyword ''12 years ago''

[@ElJefeDeTexas]

20th Century: I can make money by joining the military 21st Century: I can make money by joining target

[@laulaja-7186]

21.1 century: I can’t make money anywhere because rents are too high.

[@oscargrainger2962]

If we have no armies we have no wars, seems good to me.

[@vinod-cf2jl]

​@@oscargrainger2962Terrorism has entered the chat...

[@gstlb]

As someone who has been going to China since 1987 and married to a native Chinese, you’ve done a very nice job with a complicated subject. Well done!

[@Norbrookc]

One of the reasons the military switched to using running shoes for PT was the number of stress fractures and other injuries recruits were experiencing in basic training. When I joined back in '79, the "PT Uniform" was you took off your shirt. That was it. You did everything in a t-shirt, fatigue pants, and combat boots. Yes, that included the runs. I should also point out that what is being discussed about the problems the PLA is experiencing is pretty much what the US experienced - and still does to an extent. There have been a few scandals over the decades about the problems with the missile officers for example.

[@sandran17]

Train smarter not harder!

[@HereWeGoCrypto]

Its definitely diet based too. The higher consumption of carbs vs protein has led to weaker bones. When you have such a large population its hard to feed them all meat.

[@rangerrick2246]

As a university teacher in China I can tell you "physical sports isn't something they do". Chinese have a total lack of physical training and when it comes to PT in grade or high school, most can't complete the "competition". You should also know that EVERY student is required to attend "military" training exercises at the school each fall. This includes toy or wooden guns and thought training where communist propaganda is fed to them. All in all, they don't like any physical activity and the sports we have in the US at least let kids continue as they grow older. Other than basketball or soccer, there isn't any "team" sports that require this dedication. Totally different thinking, but they'll play computer games for days on end

[@mikoto7693]

To be honest, I’m not sure what the benefits are to working people so hard that their bones break.

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

I've never understood how that's supposed to improve that. I hated PT solely because I'd have to change from my regular uniform into those hideous shorts and running shoes. Without the ankle support of the boots, aren't you just more likely to injure yourself?

[@MM22966]

There is an old Chinese expression: "You do not use good iron for nails, nor good men for soldiers." While you can't read too much into a saying, but I have found it to be an indicator of how they feel about the military.

[@dominuslogik484]

Chinese culture seems to be painfully pessimistic at its core from all the proverbs that I often find quoted from them. at least any proverbs that are more recent and not from the height of one of the old Imperial eras.

[@willywonka4340]

the soldiers are expected to be cannon fodders. Got it. 😂

[@gr6373]

​@@willywonka4340Doctrinally until recently

[@wilfdarr]

​@@willywonka4340Not just the soldiers, all Chinese in general: the individual has no value outside their value to China

[@badluck5647]

With youth unemployment so high, you think it would it would be easier to find recruits.

[@doingtime20]

I've always found strange that people join the armed forces, I guess I might be a little privileged but why on earth would I want to have someone tell me what to do all day? Someone to tell you when to wake up, when to eat, when to sleep, etc. Why would I want to be outside my house for months? And the worst for me: sleep on bunkers with dozens or even hundreds of people, that seems like jailtime to me. In any case I'd rather go work on a cruise ship, at least I travel the world without fear of getting shot.

[@b6yg]

very good points, i respect you (:

[@Weeboslav]

"they see military service as blue collar uneducated job" which is a polar opposite than how military service was seen in ex-Yugoslavia,where you(as male)could not get premitsion from your potential father-in-law to marry his daughter if you haven't served a military(which was mandatory back then). That happen to my father with his high-school sweetheart...

[@altoria-yhy]

实际上在中国，想要当兵至少要高中毕业，想要做军官的话要读军校，即使是最差的军校的录取分数也高于大多数大学。解放军现役人员中，接受过高等教育的人占比接近60%，并且这一比例正在逐年上涨。

[@lilacghoste8366]

This won't work with gen z and their no relationship

[@killsina3271]

@@altoria-yhy好男不当兵，好铁不打钉。把学习成绩差无法管教的孩子送去部队锻炼一直是中国传统

[@youtoubezhuke]

​@@altoria-yhy胡说什么？明明都是小学没毕业的人因为没有工作才去参军，我们受教育程度低的很，大学生都比熊猫还稀有。不要乱说。

[@RAS_Squints]

I assume its the 1 child policy and in Chinese culture, the male child is the parrents retirement ticket

[@joeywheelerii9136]

That's part of it but also class issues. The party members are basically the Nobility and are decadent. The many Chinese people are wage slaves working 12 hours shifts. The CCP is losing the Mandate of Heaven.

[@just-incase3483]

Parents

[@MostlyPennyCat]

​@@just-incase3483 I think you'll find it's actually Parrrrrrrrrents

[@wilfdarr]

Yup, that's a very big part of it! Communism will always be its own worst enemy!

[@MichaelPetek]

Every one of them is Private Ryan.

[@lucasharder3745]

If every country is suffering from recruitment problems it goes to show that if it were up to the people there would be nearly no war.

[@mikoto7693]

Hmm. Interesting school of thought. You might be onto something there as many recruits throughout history usually joined to escape poverty or starvation.

[@freelnxer]

Or they just use AI to fight the war. NO JARHEAD NEEDED.🤖

[@specag31]

During Vietnam, there was a protest meme : "What if they threw a war and nobody came."

[@knoll9812]

People have changed They don't think they should die for governments that they don't trust. Note I say government as people don't think they are dying for their country anymore but for their government

[@texasranger24]

With people being more and more connected, cultures being exchanged, we want war less and less. War always serves the elites, never the dying soldiers. Would i die for Bidens policies and Pelosis Raytheon stocks? HELL NO! What i would do is join a local militia or self defense force. Guaranteed that i never have to go and die abroad. Only fight to save my hometown if i have to. And where i am encouraged to be the strongest, best version of myself with the greatest amount of national pride. But the US military wants black queers to die on the other side of the globe. That ain't me.

[@Skiamakhos]

China has 3.1 million military personnel including half a million reservists and 0.6 million paramilitary forces. The US has 1.3 million in total. China, the US and the UK are all facing challenges to military recruitment, largely due to declining birth rates and in China's case an expanding civilian employment sector that just pays a lot better. Likewise with the US - a lot of people coming back from 23 years of continuous war, with stop-loss, and one deployment after another resulting in vast numbers of traumatised and injured veterans, many of whom go on to develop drug problems and PTSD - these are not the recruitment ads the US military is looking for. Similarly with the UK. Our kids are fed up of being involved in stupid wars we don't win that just seem to make the defence industries of our respective countries rich and everyone else involved a basket case. At least China isn't going round the world starting wars for the sake of justifying the defence budget.

[@mjkrh]

They literally are in border conflict with 18 countries😂 China is the only one hostile among them.

[@Skiamakhos]

@@mjkrh 18 countries occupying historically Chinese territory but let's just let that slide, eh? And if they're that serious about their border conflicts, how come nobody's getting killed? All I see is well-enforced lines of control. There's a vast difference between border squabbles and going halfway round the world to occupy a country in its entirety that is nowhere near yours, never was part of yours, never attacked you, etc etc, as the US did with Iraq.

[@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor]

#5 Same as here, people don't want to die for a government that hates them.

[@THE-X-Force]

Where is "here" ?

[@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor]

@@THE-X-Force US

[@samsonsoturian6013]

You should talk

[@mikoto7693]

That’s universal. All governments hate their poorest citizens who can’t afford much and don’t bring in big tax revenue.

[@AHersheyHere]

China: Why are our recruitment numbers down? Also China: Our pilot's families have to have a clean political history.

[@t.dickinson7942]

No wonder their pilots are so bad.

[@hi-qz4tl]

在中国山东，想要当上空军，必须要有优秀学习成绩并且身体素质很好以及好的视力，但山东学习竞争严重，通常十几万人争夺几百个优秀学校名额，大多数学生因为只顾着学习，导致视力下降以及身体素质低下，这本身就很矛盾

[@nkl7345]

Reason is Chinese pilots defecting to Taiwan happened, vice versa as well

[@zee7056]

​@@nkl7345I was wondering about that aspect as well. Clean political history to reduce the risk of one of their pilots defecting.

[@nkl7345]

@@zee7056 yep, just check the Wikipedia listing for Chinese and Taiwanese pilots defecting to the other side. I'm surprised at how often it occurred

[@artisan2.048]

But the problem is, China's manpower in wartime would definitely increase to all time highs remember China has one of the largest reserve pool in the world, with a estimated 1-1.5 million reserves. Much more Chinese are willingly to serve the PLA rather than have another foreign power reenter China, its extremely likely you'll see old men and a even greater amount of minorities serving the PLA rather than the US and its allies since the minorities despite all their resentment against the CCP would rather not have the US in their lands. (With the exception of Tibet and Xinjiang since they're actively been suppressed by CCP) China also has a human tsunami of workers in sweatshops producing more not needed products such as civilian clothing and could easily be converted into soldiers and they live in the city yet work outside of it. To summarize this, the PLA will struggle to recruit in peacetimes but during wartime they can call up their massive amounts of reserves and other civilians. But if the PLA goes onto the offense it'll be a total disaster but if the PLA remains on the defense its very unlikely the US can win as China has one of the harshest terrains and still pretty underdeveloped infrastructure in rural areas not close to the cities, Chinese propaganda could just as well paint the Americans as the Japanese during the Second World War ensuring that absolutely barely any troops would surrender and even more flocks of manpower.

[@boomie54]

Ordinary people rarely cause a war, more people are discovering that war is something governments start while the people have to fight them.

[@AlexKarel-bh3yy]

💚💚💚💜💙

[@Crimethoughtfull]

It is so sweet the way you're like "all those places, I'm sure, are lovely to live in, but not maybe to be stationed in"...your efforts at balance are amazing and I love it. But I have to say, this video is encouraging--our biggest potential enemy is lacking in key ways...so that's cool.

[@adambrande]

lol they're lacking what we're exactly lacking too so that weakness is neglible

[@dead-claudia]

@@adambrandetho we're a bit more capable of weathering it due to our tech and military structure

[@benprice3481]

Governments around the world will bitch about their lack of recruits but absolutely refuse to pay a higher wage to them. They don’t even need to pay everyone equally! The U.S. could simply increase the pay for a percentage of their members for roles that they really need filled. Sign-on bonuses must not work like they used to.

[@J_X999]

Life isn't easy for the young people of any country, not just China. Went to Canada last summer and spoke to some of the locals. The way they spoke about the housing crisis genuinely made me question whether capitalism is as good as I thought before LOL. Pessimistic youth is a global problem, usually from the same causes.

[@robertduluth8994]

Dis you not learn about the gilded age? How is that your first time questioning capitalism

[@J_X999]

@@robertduluth8994 Because I'm old and bought my property a while ago.

[@ΣτελιοςΠεππας]

The property related problems that capitalism can cause were known since the 19th century. People, however, aren't educated enough to actually know.

[@doujinflip]

The Gilded Age and the Great Depression that followed had to be tempered with "socialist" solutions like labor unions and welfare improvements (e.g. Social Security). The ones who didn't implement such mild "socialism" ironically just ended up deeper in more extreme Communism/Fascism.

[@J_X999]

@@doujinflip Agreed. I think the socialist idea of housing being for people and not profit is necessary.

[@mbaxter22]

Meanwhile the elites of the world are impatiently waiting for robot armies to truly become a thing…

[@tomizatko3138]

Until the robots become sentient and refuse to fight as well.😂

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

​@@tomizatko3138 Unless they put human brain and heart.

[@bestieswithtesties]

​@@tomizatko3138Our robot overlords all have one single hivemind. It's a single entity. Individual specimens are disposable.

[@nobleman9393]

Skynet exists to protect you, please do not resist.

[@BattleBrotherCasten]

Nah- A.I. will become more intelligent than humans and we will have neural interfaces where machines can learn to simulate human emotions so well you cant tell the difference or humans and machines will intergrate into a new lifeform. This is the future not anytime soon, but it will happen. @@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378

[@Bombcop38]

VA has gotten so much better since Community Care. I see 8 different specialists and my closest hospital was 200+ miles. I was driving it almost every week. Now I pick my own doctor and it is like night and day.

[@TouringWolf42]

In my opinion people don't want to join the US armed forces in general is because of the reputation its gathered from the interventions in the middle east and the government being lackluster in actually giving troops retirement benefits.

[@lilacghoste8366]

Nah US military is a sheeetheads compared to EU when it comes to regulation on man.

[@AC-hj9tv]

US sure accomplished a lot in Afghanistan! 😂😂

[@evilwelshman]

In terms of the interaction between China's One Child Policy and military recruitment, an important piece of context is the importance Chinese families traditionally place on family lineage and passing on the family name. With the One Child Policy, the family name is extinguished following the death of the child - the risk of which increases if the child joins the military.

[@formidablesloth1806]

This is the biggest factor I believe

[@ashleylaflor22]

Also the child is supposed to take care of the parents and grandparents, so if the son dies, no passing of the name and no retirement plan.

[@evilwelshman]

@@ashleylaflor22 Especially when you put it into the context of traditional cultural norms, where parents would then feel answerable to the ancestors why they allowed their lineage to be extinguished. This persists even when one doesn't actually believe in an afterlife, etc but rather a sense of familial moral responsibility/duty.

[@nickl5658]

@@ashleylaflor22 Sure chinese families love sons alot.. but you are thinking way to much of the isolated American nuclear family. Got to remember Chinese families are clannish. Everyone has their place. Only the eldest son's eldest son is of vital importance to the family. Only he carries family genealogy records. Head of family and such. Sons of second and third sons are less important and if need be are expected to protect their patrilineal cousin who is the eldest son, eldest son. Threaten the eldest son's eldest son... and you will find "families willing to sacrifice their only son".

[@ashleylaflor22]

@@nickl5658 my husband is Chinese, nice try, just take the W.

[@yiwuyang]

As a retired PLA land force repair man and i have to say, the truth is that Chinese young people actually want to join the army. Im living in hebei baoding and at the year i joined the pla, 2021.3, you must be graduated from college or university, if not, you have to find the officer and bribe him(i paid 10000rmb). Because in China, PLA really have a high social class. People really respect you if you are in the army. and the payment is high. i got 150000 rmb for 2years. and now im studying in hebei university and can live without my parents money. And i bought a honda cbr400r. I think people should get to know China by coming to China and talk with some local people. After using vpn to browse youtube, i find people really have some misunderstanding about China.

[@yiwuyang]

Lots of my friends want to join the PLA but due to the amount of people who want to joint, the standerd is really high now.

[@yiwuyang]

And the Cyber Police of CCP is NOT TRUE, we indeed have them but their job is to stop crimes in the cyber spaces, like selling illegel products, doing fruad for money on the internet, nobody will stop you from talking about tangping on the internet, that is ridiculous.

[@yiwuyang]

why some of my comments disappeared?

[@koigggyear9095]

This channel is just another CIA propaganda, and you're telling the truth. The passionate of joining the army in China is really high, as being a soldier is regarded as a glorious job and the salary is pretty nice, unlike in some other countries where soldiers are considered as rude and cruel.

[@BecarefulIliveinyourwalls]

@@yiwuyang Due to the fact that freedom of speech is fake.

[@dimasakbar7668]

I have said this elsewhere and will says this again, the fact that military service sector had major issue in retention and recruitment is actually a flex for that nation civilian sector. Considering economy nowadays, there are way to exert influence without riflemen.

[@ayemoruz2956]

the problem with the PLA army is that not only they are not battle hardened but also have poor old equipment, low morale due to young single child recruits who are mostly spoiled kids and most of the active duty PLA personnel are being used as Military Police to suppress the whole country.

[@Jkl62200]

PLA having "poor old equipment" is a 2 decade old narrative. As for actual battle, there has been much major battles since 50 or so years ago. the US itself has been mostly fight non-state actors or poorly equipped ones

[@zhenhuang536]

Another well researched video. Way to go Cappy!

[@redshinoutdoors]

Here’s a WILD idea: maybe if people are not interested in joining the military, let’s just not do the war thing anymore.

[@sotch2271]

That is not human

[@teezzmegee972]

Could've agreed more

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

@@teezzmegee972 then why don't you?

[@georgewhitworth9742]

Lol childish thinking.

[@DTreatz]

@@sotch2271you mean _narcissistic-dark-triadic-money-hungry-power-and-wealth-seeking human_

[@SayNoToDemocide1]

In China, there was historically a saying akin to "You don't use good iron to make nails". In other words, being an enlisted soldier was looked down upon as a job for losers. A man who enlists in the army is perceived as letting down his whole clan, which is bad in collectivist shame-based cultures, which is explained by Whatifalthist's videos on Emotions and Family Structures.

[@沉默-e9d]

那是古代皇权帝国时期的观念，那时国家是帝王的，不是老百姓的。现在的中国是人民中国。

[@hi-qz4tl]

那是中国千年前古代流传的话，反映的是当时的社会现状，不适合用于现在的中国，而且这句话后来被当作要成为将军而不是受人指挥的士兵，本质完全发生了变化

[@王王-k3p7u]

你讲的那是台湾地区 大陆地区军人是荣誉的 大陆军人享受部分免票 较好的福利 保护军婚 如果婚姻内 妻子或者丈夫出轨是违法行为 退伍的士兵还会很怀念当兵时期

[@沉默-e9d]

以前国家是帝王的，现在国家是人民的，很不同，所以，你的观念应该改变了。

[@mikoto7693]

@@沉默-e9dDo you really believe that China belongs to the people? It seems to belong to president/dictator Xi. He and the Communist Party make the rules and the people are brutally crushed if they don’t obey. Like Tiannamen Square and more recently the insane “zero Covid” rules that saw people welded into their homes and confined to shipping containers converted into cells. Every protest is brutally crushed.

[@chengyifang5135]

I'm from China, most of what you are saying is basically not true, in China people are honored to serve in the military and often be more respected and tangping is a meme everyone knows that is not banned and discussed among a lot of young people even the state media sometimes would use this meme. Many people want to join the military a lot of them were rejected because they didn't pass the physical examination test also the government are trying to limit how many people are joining because imagine...😅

[@chengyifang5135]

Also after joining military it's easier to find a job and if u can't find it government will help you find a job 😂

[@kxx139]

hard men for hard times. Chinese lives have been too good (relatively) for the last decade.

[@DeadFishFactory]

It's probably like the US, where we also find it honorable to serve. Or rather, we find it honorable for _other people_ to serve. We're not gonna do it ourselves, though.

[@eugeniocuriocampagnelli4989]

ok bot

[@199895191]

评论删了吧哥们，战忽局这么努力的工作，你这样他们不白干了？？

[@conqc20]

Quiet Quitting was stupid, from what i saw its just doing the job your paid to do and no more. "lying flat" is different, its doing less work and its living a life single, having no kids, no mortage, no marriage. Its living the minimum and its sad because these young people have given up on things in life they see as being unobtainable no matter how hard they work. So why bother?

[@badluck5647]

You know a military is terrible when you can't find recruits when youth unemployment is so high.

[@J_X999]

Read the description. If China recruited males regardless of qualifications, they'd have no problem with their military recruitment. Duh?

[@badluck5647]

@@J_X999 The military still has to compete with the private sector for technical jobs. Are you saying youth unemployment is only affecting unrelated industries? It is hard to tell what type of jobs young people can't find because China is now censoring the bad news.

[@naitnait00]

@@J_X999 But you can argue the population in China is quite overeducated since labour/manufacturing has been looked-down upon. "Everyone" wants to work in tech, they got a relevant degree and turns out there aren't nearly enough positions, since everyone wants to work tech. Work culture with hours is especially terrible in tech, yet people comply with lots of mandatory overtime since they are disposable and easily replaced. Annual pay is certainly good, but working 996 means your life is work.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

​@@naitnait00not necessarily tech, but office/manager jobs. They want to be the boss, not a badass

[@awjames1121]

Thanks for your view??.. so mighty china needs to prepare for sure ways to attract all Chinese to automatic wants to serve in army willingly???.... .

[@BygoneUser1]

Reddit doesn't "do censorship", because Reddit is a privately owned website with guidelines set by its host. It's not a state, it's a private entity that sets its own guidelines. Imagine if you have a family friendly restaurant and someone comes in cursing like a sailor. You aren't censoring their freedom of speech if you kick them out; they are infringing on your rules as proprietor and host. Same thing here. If a private establishment has guidelines for participation, that's not censorship. For example, if you get banned for calling someone a slur on a message-board, it doesn't mean you are being censored. Your freedom of speech is not curtailed in this instance, as although you are free to say what you want, the proprietor of that message board is also free to deal with whomever however. Most places will set-out a publicly available list of guidelines so as to create a sense of impartiality and order. If the government mandates that, "You can't say this anywhere on the internet or in the public, and also you can't go to these websites, or else we will arrest you... etc. etc. etc." , okay, that's censorship. But an individual website is not necessarily a public space, and a proprietor is allowed to set whatever guidelines they please(within legal reason). If everyone decides they don't like 'x' behaviour, and every establishment decides they will not allow it, that's still not censorship; at that point it is just a custom and you still essentially have the people deciding the rules via free-speech rather than the government mandating them. Even if it is a government entity, such as a municipality who decides it, it's not necessarily censorship when applied in a reasonable way. For example, while it's not illegal to be naked in most free countries, in the majority of public (and even some private) places you will not be welcome in the nude and are liable to get arrested for, if nothing else, public disturbance. At other reasonable places where it is customary (certain beaches, strip clubs or other 'adult' areas etc.), whether public or private, you won't be. Anyway, I know it was an offhanded comment and is a bit of a sarcastic remark, but it just annoys me a bit when I hear this kind of thing going around. It really undermines what freedom of speech actually is, and in so doing kind of underplays the difference between free countries and 'actual' authoritarianism. I hope that those overly sensitive people who are so bothered by following basic rules never have to live through the paranoia of actual authoritarianism.

[@ether23-23]

Reddit moment

[@wilfdarr]

1) I wouldn't say nobody: they have 1.4 billion people and keep a military of 2 million, that's only 0.14%, compared to the over 0.4% America needs to recruit 2) it's an easier path to voting, so as long as that's the case, any politically active people will do their time. Like all nations, retaining trained personnel is the bigger problem in China.

[@Rob_F8F]

Do PLA members and veterans get to vote while civilians cannot vote in the PRC?

[@gitamic2287]

Part members get to vote. They also are the candidates. I am actually curious if there are any government positions that civilians can vote in.

[@michaelharrington223]

China definitely doesn't have 1.4 billion in their army and they definitely don't have 2 billion people latest estimates are around 1.2 billion total.

[@mbaxter22]

I think you’re confusing China with the movie Starship Troopers.

[@wilfdarr]

@@Rob_F8F Not specifically, soldiers are not automatically accepted into the party, but having served looks good on your application to the CCP and significantly increases your chances of being accepted. And to be promoted as a high level officer, yes you certainly must have been accepted as a party member, so you start the application process as soon as you can: famously, Xi Jinping applied 10 times before he was accepted to the party, but he also didn't serve in the army

[@rickastely996]

Honestly I am glade to see this, to quote George Orwell "All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting."

[@scipioafricanus4875]

Thanks!

[@junkim4022]

12:32 is Korea, you can see the traditional palace guards standing around the perimeter, along with part of the korean flag being held by the guy in blue in the foreground

[@meilinchan7314]

Yes but Daejoseon copied a lot of traits and systems from Ming China, and Korea maintains many Confucianist rituals, hence the use of that image.

[@junkim4022]

@@meilinchan7314 so i guess images of China can be used in Soviet propaganda since you know China is currently influenced by communism since China's communism is based off the USSR. GTFO here with that 'logic'

[@TheAlchemisification]

I love how you weave every day terminology into your videos.

[@jonathanpopham5483]

What if nobody remembers to go to war?

[@pabcu2507]

It could be that many Chinese citizens are getting sick and tired of xi’s policy (I’m sure there’s more to it)

[@DrewbattleTheGreat]

They never realy needed a military. It was never a big thing for them. Culturally military service isn’t prioritized like it is over here

[@wilfdarr]

​@@DrewbattleTheGreatIt's a big thing if you want to vote though, so it kind of is a big thing

[@BoltonForTheNorth]

Xi is the most popular leader in China since Mao. Neither Hu or Deng came close to him.

[@Shoegaze-]

definitely not it. most Chinese citizens at least in cities like Xi. He is a dictator yes but a majority of Chinese citizens have seen the massive growth of china just in their lifetimes which was mainly due to ccp polices. Theres also the factor that most Chinese citizens aren't really aware of the negative actions of their government. I still think that Chinese citizens like their government more than people in the West think you have to take into account that the US spends millions a year on anti-china propaganda and most things the average American is exposed to when it comes to china is literal propaganda. I recommend actually talking to people who live in the mainland before you form an opinion on what Chinese citizens think. No hate.

[@mass.1710]

I have read that the younger generations in China r really tired of 1 man having all the power and control of their daily lives. China’s in trouble from within due to their own BS towards their own people. Everything ive read shows more and more people r sick of it and r starting to push back against their own dictator!

[@BigZebraCom]

I heard that after joining the PLA, you feel like joining again 20 minutes later.

[@tonglianheng]

This is rather ridiculous.... Getting into the PLA is hard as hell. It is not about people not wanting to join, it is about people cannot join unless you have some personal connections or special skills or talents they have in shortage.

[@waynehui4658]

Let this guy fool the Westerns.

[@nathanDrake-nd]

@@waynehui4658 You westerns really need to decide which story you wanna tell first, the "China Threat" story to persuade the congress for increasing the budget or the "China collapse" story to convince the congress that the insane budget last year was well spent. From China's perspective we can can only see both stories are so off from the reality there's no way it meant for any Chinese audience.

[@MichaelEhline]

A comedian

[@JustThatOneRandomGuy]

As a Taiwanese (also former average infantryman), i am very pleased with the simplified breakdown of Chinese culture, which makes sense cause you had a HK national with you. I would like to add on something else about the one child policy: The one child policy not only made families hesitant in sending their only child away, but also there was a huge demographic shift to males because traditional chinese culture values men over women. So on top of all the other issues Chris mentioned, now you have young guys roaming around trying to find love in a world 100x worse than Tinder. On the culture side, this is also a problem Taiwan has, though different. America has a long history of being the freedom fighters, fighting Nazis and authoritarians around the world since WWII. That idea gets past down generation to generation and still remains strong and growing to this day (especially with 9/11), and as such, there is a strong culture of joining the military to fight for freedom and liberty, and ofc free money for college and social mobility. China, however, doesn't have that. As much as the CCP wants to paint the PLA as revolutionaries, to the average Chinese citizen, they don't see a point of joining the military. Do you get money for college? No. Are your parents and the society proud of you? No. Are you fighting for freedom and against oppression? My god China is already one, what you gonna do? Fight and bleed the beast from the inside? America has basically two types of people: one who are proud of their kids going to college and a good college, and one who are proud their son's and daughter's served the flag, and most of the time, these two types of people are the same. China only has the former, not even an inkling of the latter.

[@bhubankumarchhetri3311]

Who told you that Chinese have recruits problems?? China have already more than 2 million soilders serving their nation .actually West Country like Europe , US , UK , canada NATO , They don’t have mens for recruits for army .

[@kevinrogers7650]

You believe propaganda. The US frequently rescues PLA soldiers from remote regions and bring them to the warm beaches of Southern California. All the American women prefer Chinese soldiers to American men. Get all your soldier friends to come and live the good life. We are running low on American women, so you'll need to hurry.

[@tomdentensuba2085]

At this rate I think he becomes somewhat delusional

[@Helodie]

@@kevinrogers7650 wtf are you saying [OLD MAN LOOK AT THE PHONE]

[@paulbooth8516]

1 child policy. Is a huge factor. Bubble wrap; homesickness; parents retirement based on child’s income. Etcetc…

[@LondonSteveLee]

Spot on - for the first time in Chinese history the young are pampered and worshiped because of all the single children.

[@AppleAirsoft]

I mean like, go die for corrupt oligarchs is just as unappealing as go die for a corrupt dictator.

[@cedhome7945]

Woke won't fight so why should everyone fight for them?

[@AppleAirsoft]

@@cedhome7945 define 'woke'

[@Ordoscc]

​@@cedhome7945Thank you for admitting that you lost the argument through your silence.

[@edgaraf9411]

@@cedhome7945 except you and woke are in it together, same as me with both of you.

[@rayz5469]

Well, China has not had a single war in the last 40 years. Better ask US veterans why did they fight in Iraq and Afghanistan?

[@Sowhat-i7m]

I am Chinese, and I think it is really ridiculous that you foreign media want to discredit the Chinese government. First of all, I am not a member of the Communist Party, nor a government official. I am just an ordinary Chinese citizen. I have graduated from a third-rate science and technology university in China for 7 years. Do you know how many people in China sign up for the army and are rejected every year? Do you know how harsh the conditions for joining the army are in China? The front-line combat troops require: qualified physical examination, vision, physical fitness, height, weight, tattoo scars not exceeding 2cm, and other very harsh requirements. And this is only the requirements for ordinary soldiers. There are even more stringent requirements for special arms. In addition, college students and other national defense soldiers also need other more stringent requirements. Grades, character, etc. I am the one who was not approved to sign up for the national defense soldier. I was still in college at the time because I was too light. China has a population of 1.4 billion. If the strict restrictions on military service are relaxed, the number of Chinese willing to join the army will exceed 100 million. Do you want to face the terrifying reality of 100 million troops? Tremble, ignorant brainwashing media. 我就是中国人，我觉得你们外国媒体为了抹黑中国政府，真的很可笑。首先我不是共产党员，也不是政府人员。我只是一个中国普通民众。中国某三流科技大学毕业7年了。 你们知道中国每年有多少人报名参军而被拒绝吗？你知道在中国参军条件有多苛刻吗？一线作战部队要求：体检合格，视力，体能，身高，体重，纹身伤疤不超过2cm，还有其他很苛刻要求。而这只是普通士兵的要求。还有特殊兵种的要求更加严格。 另外大学生等国防兵还需要其他更加严格的要求。成绩，品格等等。我就是报名参加国防兵不被批准的人，当年我还在读大学，因为体重太轻。 中国有14亿人口，如果放开兵役的严格限制，中国愿意参军的人数，超过1亿。你们要面对一亿军队的恐怖现实吗？颤抖吧无知的洗脑媒体。

[@vetseb9983]

哎呀，像这种视频图一乐就行，甚至多一点反而更好，当你的对手正在犯傻时，你最好不要叫醒他。

[@valx7586]

I disagree that political correctness has anything to do with the US' recruitment issues, its just far less likely than the general public knowing full well that vets arent looked after, who wants to join when they see vets on the street and struggling with PTSD

[@jimueltrinio225]

Before 1991 the U.S. navy used to recruit young men from the Philippines, I hope the U.S. navy have the same procedure today. It is estimated that more than half of Filipino immigrants in the U.S. manage to immigrate to the U.S. because their brother or father joined the U.S. navy in the Philippines.

[@doujinflip]

Used to be easier for Philippine-trained nurses to get recruited and come to the US too. Navy dad and nurse mom, the classic Fil-Am couple.

[@Jkl62200]

America ain't so great, bud.

[@captgaming2134]

While it's true that the PLA is emphasizing the recruitment of soldiers with degrees, especially in STEM subjects, it's important to note that this doesn't necessarily mean they're experiencing overall difficulty in recruitment. Rather, it reflects a strategic shift towards attracting individuals with specific skill sets to meet the evolving demands of modern warfare and technological advancements. By focusing on highly qualified recruits, particularly in STEM fields, the PLA aims to enhance its capabilities and maintain a competitive edge in the global landscape.

[@ripsnorter185]

0:05 you know you made it big time when the Capmeister himself is using ur hell march vid

[@motionsic]

There’s an old Chinese idiom： “good men don’t be soldiers, good iron don’t get forged into nails” - 好漢不當兵，好鐵不打釘. And 一將功成萬骨枯 “one general’s success is build on ten thousand rotting corpses”, Chinese sees solders as cannon fodder. Who wants to be that?

[@lemonpie3944]

宁为百夫长，胜作一书生。 黄沙百战穿金甲，不破楼兰终不还。 但使龙城飞将在，不教胡马度阴山。 请君暂上凌烟阁，若个书生万户侯？ Yin and Yang coexist, it would be too naive to only see one side.

[@motionsic]

@@lemonpie3944 you listed phrases praising being officers but not grunts. Try again.

[@oxydoxxo]

Chinese history be like "small rebellion: 2.3 million casualties"

[@lemonpie3944]

You only saw the surface and thought it was a officers praise, but you didn't see that the poet was internally praising the entire military community.

[@lemonpie3944]

@@motionsic Of course, if your Chinese can only allow you to understand very superficial poems, I can also give you some that directly praise soldiers. 万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。朔气传金柝，寒光照铁衣。将军百战死，壮士十年归。 岂曰无衣？与子同袍。王于兴师，修我戈矛，与子同仇！ 單于寇我壘，百里風塵昏。雄劍四五動，彼軍為我奔。擄其名王歸，繫頸授轅門。潛身備行列，一勝何足論。 南北驱驰报主情，江花边月笑平生。一年三百六十日，多是横戈马上行。

[@devanshusharma2772]

On one side there are countries which are struggling to recruit people in army. But here in India, people feel respect and are desperate to join military forces. But are foolish government implemented Agnipath Scheme (Tour of Duty), since our Over smart government thinks it is burden on finances to recruit people on permanent basis and give them decent life. So they have reduced recruitment for only people till age 21, and after 4 years of service 75% of the recruits will be removed from service!! This is the level of Foolishness, this is how they have made people to not choose Military as a career and thus artificially making people to avoid armed forces. I bet if people in India get opportunity to join military forces of other countries with decent terms then they will join their forces without any problem.

[@shripadbhagwat6566]

Dude so truee..i am a big bjp supporter but the agni path scheme needs to go.

[@effexon]

I like how Chris is always ready to join, even proper military suit ready.

[@JohnSavickas]

The writting for your channel is incredible! At some point some big network is going to offer you a huge sum of money to join them. Ha Ho! Been watching your channel when you only had a few thousand subcripbers. Luv seeing channels take off to the moon!

[@Taskandpurpose]

Thanks for the kind words man ! I owe a lot to my team of researchers and writers that I work closely with on these episodes . And a lot of the work is done by the real reporters who are on the ground in these locations! They deserve the credit

[@yiyangqin4527]

I notice bro always "china have xx issue" when themselves have the actual issue recently "The Army, Navy and Air Force failed to meet recruiting goals in the fiscal year that ended in September. The Marine Corps and the Space Force made their goals, but the recruiting environment remains tough." On the other hand china actually haven't really show any problem reach their recruiting goal, dude legit choose to use their weakness compete to other side strength, that's one mega copium I ever seen.

[@prastagus3]

surprising that PLA has a higher requirement for its recruits than western nations currently. Wasn't sure Cappy can be objective doing this but I'm happy to say, Cappy did so with flying colors, unlike some of the commentators below. Unfortunately, being objective these days, don't get as much views as those that heavily skew their content to cater to to one side or the other. For that, you have my sympathy.

[@timehaley]

Excellent research and coverage of the topic.

[@Taskandpurpose]

I worked closely on the research and writing of this episode with someone who lives in Hong Kong . I owe a lot to their great work. I didn’t use their full name in case on the off chance he faced any repercussions

[@danielclawson2099]

​@@TaskandpurposeGood job on finding a local source. It lends credibility to your work.

[@ld871111]

1. China's "conscripts" are volunteers. There hasn't been forced conscription for decades. 2. The premise that nobody wants to join is false and click-bait. There are plenty of volunteers, but they're looking for skilled professionals. 3. Private sectors offers better pay and working conditions, and thus the military is having difficulty retaining talents (worldwide problem).

[@spirosgreek1171]

Your content is really well made and researched, great job! I would really like to see your opinion on the Hellenic Army and the greek-turkish tensions if such a video is in your plans

[@mobius1504]

"Have you ever tried taking off and firing missile in DCS? you basically needs a 4 week cert program" *Laughs in Chucks 1 Min DCS

[@____________________________.x]

Having played strategic games online against Russian and Chinese players, they have a totally different military mindset to the West. I wouldn’t like to be in a war with either

[@chiefthomas5342]

Do one on the UK next

[@cedhome7945]

Woke won't fight so why should everyone else?

[@J_X999]

The UK needs to sort itself out.

[@livethefuture2492]

Ha! You and what army? ...no like seriously what army?

[@OperatorJackYT]

I would like to see a UK video

[@atari947]

England doesn't need an army. Just a competent navy and the Marines, a home army and, and the Paraa

[@OlympusMons1969]

Love your channel dude. I wasn't getting notifications and I was unsubscribed. Back!

[@rob6055]

Criticisms of using the word "comfortable" reflect a typically myopic western perspective of economic success. "Comfort" in Tang Ping is a reference to the conditions that workers must endure: Abuse, not allowed to visit family, low-tech injuries, rewards for political alignment not accomplishments... the list goes on. Reply

[@gulogulo7636]

The imperial chinese exam system was disconnected from the knowledge needed in the work and instead focused on things like The structure of poems. A superior poem about the lotus blossom in the mist could get you power over iron working in a region.

[@elmohead]

Yes because culture and the people that practice said culture is more important than land. Probably something the West doesn't understand, judging by how we just toss out our culture to the kerb in the name of multiculturalism.

[@rexlogan5385]

Excellent content thanks for sharing

[@Ragatokk]

Man, you should really have added Finland on that % of people serve slide @0:34

[@Warmaker01]

Thanks for the video. I used to be a recruiter for the US Marine Corps so I can appreciate the challenges. It was interesting how you pointed out despite having a lower % of their population in uniform than even the United States, they're still having problems filling the ranks. If you have a well off population then you have to do some serious work to entice them to serve in a voluntary or mostly voluntary armed force. Their military long ago was downsized to become more modern. With modern capabilities and equipment you need an educated force. I know many years ago the Russian Federation tried to move away from a conscription heavy military that they had inherited from the old Soviet Union and continued into the 1990s and 2000s. They were trying to get a smaller, more professional force. Even with better benefits. But it hasn't worked quite as well as they had hoped. Your mention of "Brain Drain" being an issue for China is similar to what the Russians have been facing. It's been going on longer for them.

[@SecondSince]

" If you have a well off population then you have to do some serious work to entice them to serve in a voluntary or mostly voluntary armed force." Is this why the USA is working so hard to drive more and more people into abject poverty?

[@RonLo]

I like that you started out pointing out that allot of developing countries are having a hard time with their recruiting efforts. Balanced reporting.

[@drzerogi]

Meh, not meantioning that wouldn't have made his case any more or less strong. Balanced reporting is showing both sides of an argument if applicable, not tickling some bizarre itch some viewers have to minimize the issue by stating that other nations have the same problem.

[@jasonpaz]

What if all the youth decides not to fight these old conflicts. IT's not lost on me that generations are fighting the diplomatic mistakes from generations ago

[@rl8571]

Really shocked PLA military is volunteer. Quite admirable for an authoritarian style of government.

[@zacksmith5963]

Still better than usa

[@bamkobe1]

They’re really good at marching. I give them that

[@patrickguerriero5425]

Your channel has more subs than half of the Chinese army

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

PLA soldiers are not allowed to do much on the internet. Am I the only one remembering the game War Thunder ground forces scandel where a PLA soldier posted classified tank ammunition charts online to prove that their vehicles in a game were misrepresented...?

[@DeHerg]

7:38 in the US you could also get send to Alaska or (trigger warning)Fort Polk!

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

Computers and the dang internet!!😆😆 Love your channel cappy!!🤘🤘😁😁

[@FernandoDu]

I think you have very good information collection & analysis about China. Good job!

[@biffphuddle6581]

Interesting video and analysis. Well researched. Thanks 11B.

[@hypergraphic]

Cappy: "if I didn't make it back from Iraq it would be no big deal" I'm sure your parents recoil in horror at that statement 😂

[@EveryoneIsAmelak]

I don’t know anyone who would join the military unless they have no economic options. Has nothing to do with patriotism anymore. This seems true everywhere.

[@sarthakmishra1415]

Thanks for the video!!

[@louiskane2495]

12:40 Photo is Korean. We did have same exams though.