{"id":154499,"date":"2026-07-13T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154499"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:00:13","slug":"what-chinas-carrier-recruitment-drive-says-about-pla-navys-long-term-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154499","title":{"rendered":"What China\u2019s carrier recruitment drive says about PLA Navy\u2019s long-term ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s aircraft carrier programme is entering a new phase as Beijing broadens its focus to improve the recruitment and training of the crews and pilots needed for operations far from the country\u2019s home waters, according to a new report.<br \/>\nThe London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy was making sweeping changes to pilot recruitment and training.<br \/>\nRather than relying mainly on experienced aviators transferring from operational squadrons,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3360371\/what-chinas-carrier-recruitment-drive-says-about-pla-navys-long-term-ambitions?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\u2019s aircraft carrier programme is entering a new phase as Beijing broadens its focus to improve the recruitment and training of the crews and&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\/154499"}],"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=154499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}