Recently, 36 commanders of the East China Sea Fleet who had been postponing their marriages due to military tasks held a collective wedding on a warship in Zhoushang, Zhejiang.
The Chinese official military news outlet military.cnr.cn reported the remarkable wedding event earlier this month.
Besides a festive event, the collective wedding was also a media spectacle propagating the importance of China’s national defense in accordance with the speech delivered by President Xi Jinping during the 19th National Party Congress.
In this 3,5 hours speech, one segment focused specifically on the Chinese Dream and building a powerful military:
“Comrades,
Our military is the people’s military, and our national defense is the responsibility of every one of us. We must raise public awareness about the importance of national defense and strengthen unity between the government and the military and between the people and the military. Let us work together to create a mighty force for realizing the Chinese Dream and the dream of building a powerful military.”
On Weibo, many commenters praise the collective wedding. “Why doesn’t my work unit organize such a group wedding?” one person wants to know.
“I also want to marry a naval officer!,” multiple netizens write.
– By Manya Koetse
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