# veterans
Latest news and articles about veterans
Total: 18 articles found
On Lunar New Year’s Eve, Chinese military rest home turns companionship into living history
Staff at a military-run rest home in Lanzhou spent Lunar New Year’s Eve providing companionship and listening to the stories of elderly veterans, including a 99-year-old Korean War veteran and a 102-year-old resident. The occasion combined social care with informal ‘‘red education,’’ demonstrating how China preserves revolutionary memory as its veteran generation ages.
On Lunar New Year's Eve, Care and Memory Warm Gansu's Veteran Rest Home
Staff at a retired cadres rest home in Lanzhou spent Lunar New Year's Eve providing companionship, dumplings and a space for veterans to recount wartime memories, turning the holiday into both a moment of personal care and an instance of state-backed "red education." The episode highlights how local veteran welfare initiatives intersect with broader political efforts to preserve revolutionary memory and shore up social cohesion amid demographic change.
Veteran Volunteers Keep Troops Fed on the Move — A Local Fix for China’s Logistics Crunch
A volunteer "small cart" team of retired servicemen in Bengbu now prepares and delivers hot meals to passing military units, addressing manpower shortfalls in China’s shifting logistics needs. The project is a small-scale example of municipal-level civil–military cooperation that boosts surge capacity while raising questions about standardization and long-term governance.
Veteran Volunteer 'Little Cart' Team Keeps Troops Supplied as PLA Logistics Shift to Round‑the‑Clock Mobility
A volunteer "little cart" team of retired soldiers in Bengbu has been mobilized to provide hot‑meal logistics for passing PLA units, addressing manpower shortfalls created by the shift to continuous, mobile support operations. The initiative formalizes veterans' involvement through training, uniforms and appointment letters and serves both operational and social aims while highlighting questions about scalability and integration.
‘I Watch This Peace for My Brothers’: A Shangganling Veteran’s Story of Sacrifice and Memory
Deng Zhangde, a decorated veteran of the 1952 Shangganling (Triangle Hill) battle in the Korean War, recounts survival, comradeship and survivor's guilt. Now elderly, he tours schools and military units to pass on the visceral realities of combat and to symbolically guard the peaceful era his fallen comrades never lived to see.
Across 76 Years: Navy Unit Reunites Two Chosin Veterans, Turning Memory into Mission
PLA naval personnel visited two elderly veterans of the 1950 Chosin Reservoir battle in Shandong ahead of the Lunar New Year, using filmed footage to reintroduce comrades separated by 76 years and poor health. The visits combined veteran welfare, patriotic education, and a symbolic reaffirmation of continuity between wartime sacrifice and the present military.
Xi Joins New‑Year Gala for Beijing Garrison Veterans, Recasting Cultural Pageantry as a Signal of Military Unity
President Xi Jinping attended a New Year cultural performance for Beijing garrison veterans at the China Theatre, using the occasion to reinforce ideological loyalty and celebrate the PLA’s continuity from the Red Army to today. The gala combined revolutionary repertoire with themes of training and readiness, signalling domestic consolidation of party control over the military as China pursues force modernisation.
How a Small Chinese City Turned Veterans’ Records into Rapid Relief: Data-Driven Care in Tongling
Tongling city in Anhui province is building 'living digital archives' for veterans by linking multiple government databases, using automated alerts to identify hardship and triggering rapid, door‑to‑door verification and support. The system has updated tens of thousands of records, enabled automatic benefit delivery, and shifted veteran services from reactive to proactive while highlighting trade-offs between efficiency and data governance.
Yunnan’s Veterans Push: Loans, Jobs and Services Turned into a Provincial Governance Project
Yunnan province has implemented a ten‑point veterans welfare and services program that pairs targeted financial products, dedicated job channels and expanded welfare benefits. Officials report strong results: high public satisfaction, thousands of veterans placed in employment or public posts, and billions of yuan in entrepreneurship loans aimed at smoothing the transition from military to civilian life.
Ningxia’s Quiet Campaign to Rebuild Veterans’ Lives: A Model of Integrated, Localized Welfare
Ningxia has redesigned veteran assistance from ad hoc charity into a coordinated, multi‑agency welfare system that pairs caseworkers with needy veterans, uses dynamic ledgers, and mobilises social organisations. The programme reports thousands assisted and measurable exits from poverty, while raising questions about financing and scalability beyond small autonomous regions.
Hello, Veteran: Beijing Reaffirms an Everlasting 'Soldier Spirit'
A state military outlet in Beijing published a tribute to veterans emphasizing an enduring "soldier spirit," part of a wider effort to shape public memory and manage civil‑military relations. The piece is symbolic of Beijing’s dual strategy to maintain morale and integrate veterans into a patriotic narrative while signaling cohesion to domestic and international audiences.
Blind Veteran in Rural Guangxi Keeps a Farm and a Code: ‘Don’t Be a Burden’
A blind veteran in Guangxi sustains himself through pig farming, adapting to total sight loss and recovering from a devastating 2019 swine fever outbreak. Regular visits from local veterans and social-welfare agencies and a pending housing renovation subsidy illustrate China's blend of targeted assistance and an expectation of individual self-reliance among beneficiaries.