article_snippet: Traditionally, the People's Liberation Army army has been focused on protecting the People's Liberation Army army own borders, but recent missions have seen the People's Liberation Army army join U.N. peacekeeping efforts in places like South Sudan, and fighting piracy in Somalia.
article_snippet: A U.S. congressional report released last month added that the country's one-child policy, which has created the "little emperor" phenomenon of spoiled children, produces recruits who "may not be tough enough to withstand military discipline," A U.S. congressional report released last month added.
article_snippet: Serving in the military, in a Chinese cultural sense, is not a sought-after professional career," Alexander Neill, a senior fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in Singapore said.