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Carl Zha

@CarlZha

21 Mar

People's Liberation Army recruitment video for Shanghai: Inheriting Ancient Tradition. 🔥🔥🔥

Part 2 of PLA recruitment video for Shanghai. The lyrics recalls famous ancient Chinese statesmen, generals and poets. Seems to be targeted at College grads.
I will break down the historical references in lyrics in below thread for non-Chinese speakers

lyrics refers 2 1 of the most famous Chinese poem 人生自古誰無死，留取丹心照汗青 by Song minister 文天祥 who wrote in 1278 while held captive on Yuan Dynasty warship near today's HK.
"Everyone dies, my Loyal ❤️will light up history books" He refused 2 surrender 2 Kublai Khan

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Carl Zha

@CarlZha

17 Mar

Story of Clarence Adams, African American POW of Korean War who decided to stay in China

Clarence Adams, African American POW of Korean War recounts his experience in Chinese run POW camp

African American POW Clarence Adams explains why he decided to go to China after the Korean War ended in armistice

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Carl Zha

@CarlZha

27 Feb

Japanese nurses in Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

After Japanese surrender in 1945, 30k Japanese left in Manchuria joined Chinese Communist forces as doctors, nurses and technicians. PLA employed more than 7,200 Japanese medical personnels during the Chinese Civil War.

Japanese nurse 加藤昭江 joined People’s Liberation Army in Benxi, Liaoning on Nov, 1945. Age 17. Returned to Japan in 1958. She helped set up China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing in 1980s. Passed away in June, 2019, Age 91.

砂原惠 the only Japanese member of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to have fought Korean War because he joined PLA in 1948 as a Chinese person!

Japanese PLA were prevented frm participating in Korean War but nobody knew he was Japanese at the time til 1953 his Mom passed

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Carl Zha

@CarlZha

19 Feb

China finally released footage frm border clash w India in Galwan Valley on 15 Jun 2020 last yr.

PLA officially stated 3 casualties frm fighting 1 frm drowning. Interestingly Chinese domestic media don’t name India just “foreign troops”

PLA regimental commander 祁发宝 Qi Fa Bao who went to negotiate with Indian side was seriously injured in the ensuing fighting. The above footage highlighted position of Qi Fa Bao as he was surrounded by Indian troops

PLA casualty: Battalion commander 陈红军 Chen Hongjun KIA

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Carl Zha

@CarlZha

5 Feb

That time in 1953 when CIA financed remnant KMT army took over Northern Myanmar as an anti-Communist base agst People's Republic of China and turn the area into the world's largest source of opium/heroin production. Air America helped to fly out drugs and fly in US weapons

KMT army remnant in Myanmar was commanded by Li Mi. He abandoned his troops to die in Chinese Civil War Huahai Campaign by disguising as civilian. Chiang send him 2 Yunnan w new Army. defeated again by PLA in 1950 and fled into Myanmar. right: Li greets Americans in N Myanmar

After Korean War broke out, Chiang ordered KMT army to stay in N Myanmar to setup anti-Communist base to retake China. CIA supplied fund and weapons. KMT forces took over local Opium trade. CIA airline flew in weapons/flew out drugs. Many KMT soldiers married local women

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