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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-12

Foreign Military Cadets Participate in Study Tour to Jiangxi Province

Foreign Military Cadets Participate in Study Tour to Jiangxi Province

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletChina Military Online (EN) (china_mil_online)
Source languageen — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-05-12
Original URLhttp://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/H_251454/L_251456/16460201.html
Collected at2026-05-12 15:58:05 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprintd6d438739516af799b81a8899e126ae4b4bececb408670aa95b11f3df5b373c3 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run16
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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By Zheng Wei BEIJING, May 12 -- Since May 11, the Chinese military has organized 122 foreign military cadets to engage in a one-week study tour to China's Jiangxi Province. This study tour is a language practice activity. Through the one-week visits, the foreign military cadets will improve their abilities to use Chinese language (speaking, listening and reading) and enhance their knowledge about China's culture and customs, modernization achievements and ethnic unity policies. (Video Editor: Zhang Yajie)

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The PLA organized 122 foreign military cadets on a week-long study tour to Jiangxi Province beginning May 11, framed as a Chinese-language immersion and cultural familiarization activity. The program is consistent with China's longstanding use of military educational exchanges to build relationships with foreign officer corps, and the scale and structured curriculum suggest an institutionalized effort to deepen linguistic and cultural ties with future military leaders from partner countries.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "Foreign Military Cadets Participate in Study Tour to Jiangxi Province." China Military Online (EN), 2026-05-12. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/H_251454/L_251456/16460201.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 204, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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