# Qinghai
Latest news and articles about Qinghai
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Steadfast on the Plateau: A PLA Cavalry Company’s Lunar New Year Watch in Yushu
A human-interest state-media report on a PLA cavalry company stationed in Yushu, Qinghai, described soldiers tending horses and appearing on the national Spring Festival Gala during the Lunar New Year. Beyond its pastoral tone, the piece serves as strategic messaging about China’s high-altitude readiness, ethnic integration in border regions, and the PLA’s continued reliance on niche capabilities.
High-Altitude Sentinels: China’s Last Cavalry Unit Rings in the New Year on Guard in Yushu
On Lunar New Year’s Eve PLA soldiers from the 76th Group Army’s Yushu cavalry company tended horses and sent televised New Year greetings from a high‑altitude garrison. The feature blends human‑interest detail with a wider signal about the PLA’s continued emphasis on plateau readiness, ethnic representation in frontier units, and domestic messaging about military dedication.