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[quote=ROGERINCA,36226]I let you ladies post ahead of me in case my knowledge was faulty :) :) LOL Article 55 of the PR China Constitution is the legal basis/authority for the current law (1984-Military Service Law) which allows for conscription into the reserve forces, at age 18-22 for compulsory military service, with a 24-month service obligation. [However], while conscription has existed in theory since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949; it is in fact, ‘very selective,’ due to China's very large population and the large number/pool of quality individuals who do [volunteer] to join the armed forces. In this regard, a draft has never occurred, with most young men, never seeing military service. In the West, conscription isn’t politically popular, and historically, voters have been loath to support it unless they can see a very convincing, direct threat to the nation’s borders or at least its vital interests. The draft was still in place when I finished college in the very late 60's/early 70's, so I was required to give my two years of active service, followed by four years of reserve service. Military service provided me with not only additional technical training/schooling, but life-experience, discipline and maturity, which I would call on later in life as a law enforcement professional. For me, it was not a waste of time !! :) Moreover, I did not see any of Asia, while in the service; I spent all of my time on the South Atlantic region of the Earth. :) [/quote]
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