https://youtu.be/CeS6p-z18Zs?si=kTmVRuS8tScfQc0T - Recruitment



https://www.economist.com/special-report/2023/11/06/china-is-struggling-to-recruit-enough-highly-skilled-troops aka https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lUzHGyLA0il1yvVBBVGztG2M-XtZhX00FYIhAEF3Crc/edit

https://english.pardafas.com/chinas-military-faces-salary-cuts-amid-lingering-economic-slowdown/

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/19/china-defense-budget-military-weapons-purchasing-power/#:~:text=Based%20on%20China's%20official%20personnel,of%20their%20U.S.%20counterparts'%20salaries. Aka https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bwAXPHHR5lMRlFv8thGe4kWlEH1JgVZb-FFLjYDjnFU/edit




https://www.businessinsider.com/china-rocket-force-corruption-us-cannot-lower-guard-2024-1# aka https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Q7-TiCNSjvvRiKGxlVErq2DH0d5zkdTzghh231DL7U/edit



https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/2870650/why-china-cannot-challenge-the-us-military-primacy/



https://www.economist.com/special-report/2023/11/06/xi-jinping-worries-that-chinas-troops-are-not-ready-to-fight aka https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ky_ZFWaaJ_3vnBRS5g6-AP1-qlFztLizwFUg1OeWUTY/edit?usp=sharing

https://thediplomat.com/2021/04/chinas-military-has-a-hidden-weakness/

https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2018/11/chinas-military-has-no-combat-experience-does-it-matter.html

https://jamestown.org/program/one-step-forward-one-step-back-for-pla-military-education/

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR800/RR893/RAND_RR893.pdf

https://warontherocks.com/2015/02/corruption-in-chinas-military-one-of-many-problems/

https://warontherocks.com/2015/02/ten-reasons-why-china-will-have-trouble-fighting-a-modern-war/

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/not-so-scary-why-chinas-military-paper-tiger-14085

https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1748401/the-biggest-loser-in-chinese-military-reforms-the-pla-army/

https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20230526180952/https://www.refworld.org/docid/520215463ca.html

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1421451/soldiers-one-child-era-are-they-too-weak-fulfill-beijings-military?campaign=1421451&module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article aka https://docs.google.com/document/d/1om_VMqHvJelQw34RwbUL-E930cNqX3NLgFeZG5F3WYE/edit?usp=sharing

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/China-s-military-has-an-Achilles-heel-Low-troop-morale

https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-military-nowhere-near-strong-ccp-wants-you-think-opinion-1807244

https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/clm57-jm-edited-final.pdf

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/army-recruitment-college-degrees/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stress-fractures/symptoms-causes/syc-20354057

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_War