{"id":138341,"date":"2025-10-14T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138341"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:00:09","slug":"how-the-chinese-military-uses-human-abacuses-to-counter-smart-device-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138341","title":{"rendered":"How the Chinese military uses \u2018human abacuses\u2019 to counter smart device failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is harnessing an ancient mental calculation technique to train soldiers as \u201chuman abacuses\u201d for high-stakes combat scenarios where advanced technology might fail.<br \/>\nThe initiative reflects China\u2019s strategic push to blend traditional methods, such as the abacus and paper-based calculations, with modern warfare tactics.<br \/>\nAs an example of the approach, CCTV highlighted the feats of Captain Xu Meiduo, a stand-out in the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) land forces.<br \/>\nThe state broadcaster showed a&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3328943\/how-chinese-military-uses-human-abacuses-counter-smart-device-failures?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is harnessing an ancient mental calculation technique to train soldiers as \u201chuman abacuses\u201d for high-stakes combat scenarios where advanced technology might fail. The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138341"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}