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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-03

Cultivating New People Through the Thought on Strengthening the Military | Chairman Xi Asked Him "Are You Afraid?" — His Answer Was Only Two Words

强军思想育新人丨习主席问他“怕不怕”,他的回答只有两个字

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-08-03
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477499.html
Collected at2026-08-03 15:25:06 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint5e7dff98072eaa62f9c307de464b27be95373614280816d1ebbea2898a0caa0d — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
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A PLA News and Communication Center video profiles La Wanliang, an EOD soldier in a detachment of the People's Armed Police Second Mobile Corps, built around Xi Jinping's March 24, 2021 inspection visit to the unit's EOD training area. This is standard political-work content in the 'Cultivating New People Through the Thought on Strengthening the Military' series; its value is as a record of how PAP media frames individual soldier loyalty and technical dedication (精益求精, excellence and refinement) for a junior-enlisted audience, not as evidence of a capability development or posture change.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "强军思想育新人丨习主席问他“怕不怕”,他的回答只有两个字." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-03. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477499.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, China Desk Corpus, Record 2798, Snapshot — 2026-08-26 (3,574 records).

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