CCP Makes Military Training Compulsory for Children, College Students

Published on September 16, 2024

The Chinese regime has revised its National Defense Education Law, which will take effect on Sept. 21. The revisions allow the branches of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), to station in universities, colleges, and high schools across China to conduct a nationwide military education and training program approved by CCP’s state council and the Party’s central military commission for recruitment. The second draft of the revised bill aims to “hone students’ willpower, enhance organizational discipline, and improve the level of military training.” It requires that all agencies, institutions, organizations, and entities in society should conduct national defense training....