A Chinese paratrooper rescued an unconscious colleague after their parachutes became entangled in mid-air, the military’s official newspaper reported on Thursday. The PLA Daily said the incident happened during a scheduled parachute refresher training exercise conducted by a People’s Liberation Army Air Force brigade on May 28. First Lieutenant Wang Rui, a team leader in the unspecified brigade, was making his 16th-ever jump, at an altitude of 800 metres (2,600 feet). Wang jumped from the…
It’s less that they are more “open” now, and more that the world is turning more of their attention towards China as the PRC continues to rise while the west continues to fall.