Enrollment in China’s Military Academies Declines Amid CCP’s Increasingly Militant Posture

Freshmen practise fighting skills during training at a university on September 25, 2008 in Gaochun County, Jiangsu Province, China.Getty Images

With continuing tensions across the Taiwan Strait, China’s military academies saw an enrollment slump despite a downward admission score requirement in recent years.

Several Chinese news media reported on the dilemma of the military academies’ inability to meet annual enrollment mandates.