In a report disseminated by the PLA, the vast military confirmed 20 per cent of the new recruits from an undisclosed city who failed the fitness exam did so because they were overweight, while a further 8 per cent were released for having an enlarged testicular vein.
The report claimed this may have been “related to sitting too long on computer games, excessive masturbation and too little physical activity”.
The nation attempts to keep a firm grip on the fitness of their recruits following massive expansions to their forces in recent years which have made them the third largest military in the world.
The PLA were later forced to release a statement confirming their troops were all combat ready.
A spokesman said: “China’s recruitment process has strict rules and procedures.
“The quality of our recruits is guaranteed, and the headwaters of our military will flow long and strong.”
“Recruitment is the foundation of national defence, and high-quality recruits are crucial to the military’s combat capability.”
Earlier this month North Korea’s continual threatens to the US – and President Trump’s relentless pressuring on China – forced President Xi Jinping to respond with firepower.
Missiles were launched in a blaze of smoke and fire across the Yellow Sea on Monday as the PLA’s navy tested its gargantuan ordnance.
The ferocious fleet was sent out to test fire from one of its 35 Destroyers – the Taizhou.
Impressive images of the drill emerged online just weeks after the PLA showed off its ground units.
Thousands upon thousands of commandos were pictured marching across the desert through Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia.
Days later President Xi told troops they should be poised for attack.
He said: “No one should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that is harmful to our sovereignty, security or development interests
“We will never allow any people, organisation or political party to split any part of Chinese territory out of the country at any time, in any form.
“The Chinese people love peace. We will never seek aggression or expansion, but we have the confidence to defeat all invasions.”