(England's male population was halfed by the end of WWI, and quartered by WWII. China's got a lot of people, but it was never so organised as it is under a communist government. Nobody would be able to escape from serving in the army, unless they were disabled, too young or too old.
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Date: 2010-08-08 05:52 pm (UTC)It's war, there are losses, and they're big.)