NBC China News: China is hoping that rap and rhymes will help recruit more young men to the world’s largest standing army.
A hip-hop beat backs lyrics like “Kill! Kill! Kill” in an action-packed video released by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The slick production has racked up nearly 100,000 comments on China’s Twitter-like service, Weibo, since being posted on the army newspaper’s website Thursday.
The lyrics “hide neither combativeness nor a desire to fight,” China Daily newspaper noted dryly in a story on the piece on Tuesday. More here.
