燃！中国军宣视频推特走红 外国网友大呼想加入解放军？！

听说......近两天中国解放军在海外狂“吸粉”，一众“迷弟”、“迷妹”还在社交网络大呼想加入中国解放军？

怎么回事？

10月18日，一位名为@Carl Zha的推特用户发布了一段英文字幕版的中国军宣视频《我是中国军人》，在社交平台引起广泛回响。截至目前，视频已获超过200,000次观看，并被转发1,300余次。

铁血丹心，英雄本色

“我是谁？我是母亲倚在门口牵不到的那只手，我是妻子舍不得挂掉的电话，我是儿子眼里不敢靠近的陌生人，我是亲人的牵挂与骄傲。我身后是和平，我面前是战争，拿起钢枪，就要放下儿女情长，穿上军装，就要舍弃舒适安逸。征战疆场，男儿本色，从军报国，此生无悔！我是中国军人，我是人民子弟兵，我是美好生活的守护者！”——《我是中国军人》

其实，这段献礼建军91周年的微视频也曾在今年8月刷爆众多中国人的朋友圈。除以超燃宏大场景展现了中国军人在战场上的铮铮铁骨外，视频更多地从家庭生活的视角描绘了热血男儿与家人分别时所展露的铁骨柔情，其中“我身后是和平，我面前是战争，拿起钢枪，就要放下儿女情长，穿上军装，就要舍弃舒适安逸”等走心独白不禁让人泪目。

看过视频后，很多海外网友表示被中国的“兵哥哥”们圈粉，还想加入中国解放军。一位名为@Retail Genius的网友称：“视频很棒，我也想加入中国军队！”

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently gained popularity on Twitter after a user posted videos about Chinese soldiers, sparking discussions over the Chinese military's approach to recruitment.

American Twitter users compare the Chinese military's approach with the US military campaign. /Screenshots from Twitter 

One of the videos about the PLA, titled "I Am a Chinese Soldier," appears to have drawn widespread empathy among foreign audience as it has reached over 2 million views and gathered 28,000 likes. 

The video showcased both Air and Navy forces in the PLA. /Screenshot from WeChat 

The video reportedly had surfaced across Chinese media in the wake of the 91st anniversary of the PLA Day on August 1. It didn't get global attention until it was re-posted by Twitter user @Carl Zha on October 19.

The video honored the sacrifices from soldiers. 

Instead of portraying their combat skills and physical training, it showcased the families of soldiers and their reactions when they leave their families behind to join military service.

One scene captured a soldier saying goodbye to his wife and son. /Screenshot from WeChat

Narrated in first-person, the video addresses Twitter users, posing a rhetorical question about the identity of Chinese soldiers.

"Who am I?" He asked.

Later, the clip revealed the answers with a series of bitter-sweet scenes – of soldiers leaving their homes, with a Chinse phrase translating: "Peace behind my body. I face up to war."

Another scene showed an officer leaving his father. /Screenshot from  WeChat

Many users, including Chinese veterans, responded with their perspectives and were quick to point out the ethos the video showed that are different from those in other countries.

"As a veteran, I'm thankful for your objective view on the Chinese army!" Twitter user @Charlie_bctyyy responded to @Carl Zha who posted the original thread. /Screenshot from Twitter

Users @nowherenorthere and @KameyoK gave props to the video. /Screenshot from Twitter

However, another comment also pointed out the lack of gender balance and diversity in the video, as it only depicted male Chinese soldiers.

User @KaiserKuo liked the video but raised concerns over lack of gender balance.

In response, the same Twitter user posted a video interview of a female Chinese Navy officer from Inner Mongolia, who demonstrated to a reporter how she managed to steer a warship at sea.

User @Carl Zha posted another video of a female Navy officer from Inner Mongolia in a response. /Screenshot from Twitter 

The second video of the female officer received likes from other users, as some expressed how impressed they were at the women in PLA.

User @BinaShah shared why she was impressed with Chinese women in response to the interview video of the female Navy officer. /Screenshot from Twitter