China's army eases curbs to draw more educated recruits - paper


  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Jun 2014

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's military is setting its sights on better educated entrants, relaxing height, weight and vision requirements while cutting back on candidates without high school diplomas, the China Daily said on Tuesday.

China has the world's biggest military, with 2.3 million men and women in uniform, and its defense spending is second only to that of the United States. In the past decade it has kicked off an ambitious modernisation drive, developing new weapons systems and upgrading the force.

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