Males aged 18 to 40 comprise the potential soldier pool, and currently there are abundant PLA draftees available, but the population pyramid shows babies and toddlers are a rare breed on the mainland, roughly as many as people in their early 60s who were decimated by the Great Famine.

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babies and toddlers of the mainland are a rare breed—there are about as many of them as there are people in their early 60s—remember, that's the cohort that the Great Famine decimated

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What Everyone Gets Wrong about China Invading TaiwanWilliam Spaniel
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:00:31 PM

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