ARTICLE: China Scouts Colleges to Fill Ranks of Modern Army, By Maureen Fan, Washington Post, December 17, 2007; Page A01

Interesting to watch. Very similar to stuff the U.S. military did across the last three decades to attract better recruits. Scary to some, but I look at it and see a capacity to tap over coming decades, unless you think having a friendly French president is going to be enough to cover the spread.