Hong Kong CNN —Chinese companies are doing something rarely seen since the 1970s: setting up their own volunteer armies.
According to China’s Military Service Law, male militia members should be 18 to 35 years old.
It was latest in a slew of militias established by major Chinese companies in the past year.
After 1949, when the party took control of mainland China, the units were eventually embedded into governments, schools and companies.
This can, in the long run, save the PLA resources by delegating some duties to militia forces to care for,” Heath said.
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