{"id":57332,"date":"2023-08-07T13:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T04:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/07\/chinese-soldiers-pledge-to-sacrifice-their-lives-in-documentary-on-taiwan-invasion"},"modified":"2023-08-07T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T04:09:51","slug":"chinese-soldiers-pledge-to-sacrifice-their-lives-in-documentary-on-taiwan-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=57332","title":{"rendered":"Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Chasing Dreams\u2019, an eight-part series aired on state TV, features testimony from dozens of soldiers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/aug\/01\/china-and-taiwan-whats-behind-the-tensions-in-30-seconds\">China-Taiwan relations in 30 seconds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China has released a new documentary about the army\u2019s preparations to attack Taiwan, showcasing soldiers pledging to give up their lives if needed, as Beijing continues to ramp up its rhetoric against the self-ruled island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChasing Dreams\u201d, an eight-part series aired by state broadcaster CCTV last week to mark the 96th anniversary of the People Liberation Army (PLA), features military drills and testimonials by dozens of soldiers, of which several express their willingness to die in a potential attack against Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/07\/chinese-soldiers-pledge-to-sacrifice-their-lives-in-documentary-on-taiwan-invasion\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Chasing Dreams\u2019, an eight-part series aired on state TV, features testimony from dozens of soldiersChina-Taiwan relations in 30 secondsChina has released a new documentary about the army\u2019s preparations to attack Taiwan, showcasing soldiers pledging to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-taiwan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57333,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57332\/revisions\/57333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}