If there is one area in which the People's Liberation Army has a decisive advantage over its Western counterparts, it is in that of recruitment, and more broadly of communication with the civilian population. Certainly, an authoritarian government like that of Beijing facilitates access to the media, all owned by the state. Thus, APL has its own television channel, the 7th national channel or CCTV-7. However, it does not limit itself to simply taking advantage of its advantage, particularly with a population of 1,4 billion inhabitants and 105 million young men between 20 and 29 years old, nor of its media facilities, and does not hesitate to innovate to improve or increase its recruitment, and detect promising talents.
This is how, since 2014, Chinese higher schools have organized each year a great wargaming tournament, scrupulously followed by the PLA. This year, the tournament brought together 103 teams from 30 universities for 6 days of competition in Beijing. The support wargame, specially developed for the event, had the theme of the Nagorno-Karabakh war on a tactical scale, including the modeling of infantry, artillery or armored units, but also the presence of drones, armed helicopters, and other forces.
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