Mobilising China's One-Child Generation

Orna Naftali holds the Abraham Miller Chair in Chinese Studies and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Introduction: Nationalism, Militarization, and Youth Education in ChinaThe Militarization of Youth Education in Modern ChinaWar and Peace in China's Contemporary History Textbooks'Don't Get Soft': Youth Military Training in Contemporary ChinaMilitary Entertainment, Nationalism, and the Restoration of Chinese Masculinity'If Peace is Our Goal, Why Use War to Attain It?' Education, Media, and Chinese Youth Notions of Armed Conflict'You Can Serve the Country in More than One Way': Chinese Youth Views of the PLA and Military ServiceConclusion: Rethinking the militarization of Chinese Youth in the Xi EraReferences

In this ethnographically enriched book, Naftali navigates macro-level discourses, institutional practices and individual subjectivities to offer a nuanced exploration of China’s militarisation of education and the complicated perceptions of it by the nation’s youth.