# martyrs
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Comrades, Dumplings and a Promise: How the PLA Keeps the Family of a Fallen Soldier Close at Lunar New Year
Soldiers from the late Wang Zhuoran’s unit visited his parents over the Lunar New Year, offering practical help, reading letters from comrades and joining distant colleagues by video. The visit combined private consolation with public commemoration, reflecting how the PLA and state media use personal stories to reinforce morale, legitimacy and civil-military ties.
How a Shandong City Is Turning Veteran Care Into Civil‑Military Glue
Xintai, a city in Shandong province, has built a systematic, municipality‑level support network for active‑duty troops, veterans and martyrs’ families that ranges from emergency financial aid and medical outreach to agricultural help and reunification of bereaved families. Officials say the measures improve soldiers’ focus, reward merit, and institutionalize remembrance, turning social respect for military service into concrete, routinized care.
Children of Fallen 'Martyr' Make First Visit to Father's Tomb — A Personal Scene That Resonates Beyond the Cemetery
Two children visited the Beijing martyr's cemetery on 5 February to pay respects to their father, identified as Zhao Hu, in footage that shows them crying while clutching his headstone. The scene is a poignant example of private grief intersecting with China’s institutionalised commemoration of martyrs, a practice that reinforces state narratives of sacrifice and collective memory.
Shanxi County Uses DNA to Reunite Three Anti‑Japanese War Martyrs With Their Families
Licheng County in Shanxi held a ceremony on January 28 to escort home the remains of three Anti‑Japanese War martyrs to Sichuan and Hebei after DNA testing and field investigations identified them. The repatriations reflect a larger, state‑led effort to resolve unidentified wartime dead using forensic science, with implications for family closure, local governance and national memory politics.