Quote Originally Posted by Upxl View Post
That’s one thing what worries me about China.
And from what I’ve seen they’re really building up their military.
Er... the army is actually decreasing in size, the only thing th PLA is doing is upgrading its army to a modern force on par with say... France? (Ignoring actual number of troops here) Surely any country, if they have enough money to do so, should be able to maintain a high-tech military force for defending the country? We don't want to use such old fashioned tactics like human waves do we? So messy...

A recent national law states that all high schools must teach their students martial arts.
Nonsense. There are military trainings for schoolchildren (even primary school children... I did it when I was in China, all I remember is that it was a half day off school) but at most its like one week of military training every year, doing stuff like marching, keep fit etc. (according to my cousins anyway). So all in all its not all that worse compared to the Combined Cadet Force in Britain for example.
And last thing I heard was that students aren’t admitted to any higher education if they’re not in a good physical state.
See Tevash's post, if you got cash, you can get into any university. (You use cash to buy "extra" exam points to get into a good school for example) Basing it on fitness would be stupid since half of all young people in China suck at sports. (Speaking from experience here...)

Phew...I actually made a post in the backroom? *runs around screaming*