Could non-chinese join PLA?

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I was working in China, and I watched CCTV7 regularly. There was a Uyghu girl in PLA medical unit going round villages giving health aid. I remember she was an officer but I forgot her rank.

There are also many non-Han PLA soldiers in Inner Mongolia and Guangxi provinces. Zhuan people in Guangxi are non-Han Chinese.
 
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kw64

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bd popeye said:
Thank you! No Tibetans..No Mongolians none of the non racially Chinese people in western China or anywhere else in China. No foreigners.

You have to be a Chinese person born in China. Period.
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Sorry but this claim is not true, it's not unusual for Chinese minorities to serve in PLA:


Here's an example of an Uygur officer:
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And a Tibetan officer:
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tres

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bd popeye said:
Thank you! No Tibetans..No Mongolians none of the non racially Chinese people in western China or anywhere else in China. No foreigners.

You have to be a Chinese person born in China. Period.
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That's not true. In the history of PLA, there were many people from other countries, including USA, Canada, and India joined PLA. In fact two of the most famous WWII era military doctors were Canadian and Indian.

Today you could see Tibetan, Mongolian, Korean and Urger soldiers in uniforms in different ranks.
 
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bball2k

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Hmm...this is interesting. Where did you hear that non racially Chinese people cannot join the PLA? CCTV-7 has showed Tibetans in PLA a couple months ago and you can watch those on youtube. Some are serving in the Tibetan areas and some outside. Uyghurs have been shown also.

According to wiki, a ethnic Korean Zhao Nanqi(Cho Namgi) was a 3 star general(1988) and a former director and party secretary of the PLA so it's not like ethnic minorities can't rise to high ranks either.
 
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Hmm...this is interesting. Where did you hear that non racially Chinese people cannot join the PLA? CCTV-7 has showed Tibetans in PLA a couple months ago and you can watch those on youtube. Some are serving in the Tibetan areas and some outside. Uyghurs have been shown also.

According to wiki, a ethnic Korean Zhao Nanqi(Cho Namgi) was a 3 star general(1988) and a former director and party secretary of the PLA so it's not like ethnic minorities can't rise to high ranks either.
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backwindow said:
Tibetans & Mongolians & Uyghuｒs are doing service in PLA. If they are chinese citizen.

[qimg]http://pic.itiexue.net/pics/2009_4_6_69463_9069463.jpg[/qimg]
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Ooppss my bad:eek: Thanks for that information! I was unaware of that.
 
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OKey, thank you for your answer everyone. I have question, and that comes now: If I would move to China, and gain citizenship of Peoples Republic of China, would it be then possible for me to join PLA?
 
bd popeye

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OKey, thank you for your answer everyone. I have question, and that comes now: If I would move to China, and gain citizenship of Peoples Republic of China, would it be then possible for me to join PLA?
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Nope..not as far as I know. But I could be wrong...but I don't think so.

Question for you PLA. In our forum here and our sister site sinodefence.com there are hundreds and hundreds of pictuces of PLA soldiers. Thousands proabaly...

Since you are from Finland..May I ask are you white? That is my assumption. So if you check out photos of the PLA have you evere seen a white westerner in the uniform of the PLA? Ever??? Just asking.
 
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Yes, I´m white western, and yes, I have never seen any white people in PLA uniform. That is the reason why I´m asking this from you.
 
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