To celebrate the founding of the People’s Liberation Army, China Unicom is offereing its subscriber base film clips of the Korean War and pictures of weapons and/or military figures. So why is China Unicom offering such a strange variety of content to celebrate? According to company official Yu Peng,
“I believe it will be popular since we have so many military fans in China.”
The PLA has about 2.25 million active troops, which would be huge anywhere else in the world, but the population is hovering around 1.4 billion or so. Does anyone else smell propaganda? Customers can also receive military news directly from the army’s newspaper for just $1 a month.
But it’s not about the money at all says China Unicom,
By doing it, we are celebrating the PLA’s 80th anniversary. And in the process providing more healthy content through mobile phones.
Join 10k+ tech and VC leaders for growth and connections at Disrupt 2025
Netflix, Box, a16z, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Hugging Face, Elad Gil, Vinod Khosla — just some of the 250+ heavy hitters leading 200+ sessions designed to deliver the insights that fuel startup growth and sharpen your edge. Don’t miss the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch, and a chance to learn from the top voices in tech. Grab your ticket before doors open to save up to $444.
Join 10k+ tech and VC leaders for growth and connections at Disrupt 2025
Netflix, Box, a16z, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Hugging Face, Elad Gil, Vinod Khosla — just some of the 250+ heavy hitters leading 200+ sessions designed to deliver the insights that fuel startup growth and sharpen your edge. Don’t miss a chance to learn from the top voices in tech. Grab your ticket before doors open to save up to $444.
China offers war movie clips to mobile phone users [Reuters]
