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5. I live in China. I speak Chinese. I hear the Colonel's outside my classroom.

Reply to xocetaceans (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 23, 2023, 08:56 PM

Aug 2023

They are telling the students that they are being trained to "stop the enemy." When asked who the enemy, the students shout back "Japan, Britain, USA.” 日本，英国，美国。

This isn't JROTC. . .this is FORCED military training for two weeks in all public and private schools under Xi Jinping's new "Patriotic Education Law."

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This might be propoganda? Tom Yossarian Joad Aug 2023 #1

It isn't. I took these 10 minutes ago from my school in Qingdao. AZLD4Candidate Aug 2023 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Tom Yossarian Joad Aug 2023 #3

I assume that you've heard of JROTC and ROTC, right? xocetaceans Aug 2023 #4

I live in China. I speak Chinese. I hear the Colonel's outside my classroom. AZLD4Candidate Aug 2023 #5

Fair enough. If one wanted to see a reasonable source for analysis of issues related to China... xocetaceans Aug 2023 #6

The China Show on Youtube. Both guys lived in China like me and speak fluent Chinese like me. AZLD4Candidate Aug 2023 #8

Thank you. n/t xocetaceans Aug 2023 #11

Well, we have plethora of US politicians stating the US's #1 enemy is China. Marcus IM Aug 2023 #7

Then threatening US ships in the South China Sea doesn't help and then lying about it. AZLD4Candidate Aug 2023 #9

I am not stating a defense of China. Noting the cycles of escalation. Marcus IM Aug 2023 #10