Corruption in the PLA, a long and in depth article from FP

[chauism]

Just a quick question.

Did corruption in PLA have something to do with proliferation of Chinese small arms?

It might, before 1996 military were allowed to conduct business on their own, but that was taken back because fear of the corruption.

 

[Bharthi]

Investigating the massive corruption of the Chinese military.

In many fields of international competition, China is less sanguine about its abilities than outsiders. Chinese leaders often remind Westerners that China is a developing country, with hundreds of millions of people living in poverty, an unbalanced economy, and high social tensions. What should most worry Beijing, and provide some comfort to those who fear Chinese military expansionism, is the state of corruption in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Rotting From Within - By John Garnaut | Foreign Policy

 

[jai231179]

Though some Chinese like to act it, China is still far from being a shupaah powah

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Though some Chinese like to act it, China is still far from being a shupaah powah

We are nowhere close to being a superpower.

The only real superpower in the world is India.

As everyone saw during the Commonwealth games, where human waste was smeared all over the walls.

 

[Bharthi]

"[Liu] described the army as beset by a disease of “malignant individualism” where officers follow only orders that suit them, advance on the strength of their connections, and openly sell their services at “clearly marked prices.”

In some ways, [graft is] hiding in plain sight. Outsiders can glimpse the enormous flow of military bribes and favors in luxury cars with military license plates on Changan Avenue, Beijing’s main east-west thoroughfare, and parked around upmarket night clubs near the Workers Stadium.

Retired officers have told me that promotions have become so valuable that it has become routine to pay the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to even be considered for many senior positions.

Foreign government strategists are starting to worry that corruption and byzantine internal politics may amplify the known difficulties in communicating with the PLA and adroitly managing crisis situations.

Despite the risks inherent in China’s growing arsenal, expanding ambitions and spasmodically aggressive rhetoric and actions, military cooperation between the United States and China is almost nonexistent.

Military corruption is a more “imminent” threat to the PLA than the U.S. armed forces, said Zhu Feng, a professor of international relations at Peking University."

 

[Moorkh]

BS.

no way the corruption in PLA can be any worse than what the babus do in india. this is just some guys trying to sleep better by believing that china is going to collapse under its own weight.

 

[Nishan_101]

"[Liu] described the army as beset by a disease of “malignant individualism” where officers follow only orders that suit them, advance on the strength of their connections, and openly sell their services at “clearly marked prices.”

In some ways, [graft is] hiding in plain sight. Outsiders can glimpse the enormous flow of military bribes and favors in luxury cars with military license plates on Changan Avenue, Beijing’s main east-west thoroughfare, and parked around upmarket night clubs near the Workers Stadium.

Retired officers have told me that promotions have become so valuable that it has become routine to pay the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to even be considered for many senior positions.

Foreign government strategists are starting to worry that corruption and byzantine internal politics may amplify the known difficulties in communicating with the PLA and adroitly managing crisis situations.

Despite the risks inherent in China’s growing arsenal, expanding ambitions and spasmodically aggressive rhetoric and actions, military cooperation between the United States and China is almost nonexistent.

Military corruption is a more “imminent” threat to the PLA than the U.S. armed forces, said Zhu Feng, a professor of international relations at Peking University."

This is the same thing that we are hearing from sometime I am not Pro China nor I am against it in any way. But the reality is that INDIAN and other NATO countries wants TIBET to be free and these problems in China will make this dream come true very soon. Although the Xinjiang problem is there but it will be solved along with the independence of other rural and deprived regions of China in coming decade.

 

[shelly]

We are nowhere close to being a superpower.

The only real superpower in the world is India.

As everyone saw during the Commonwealth games, where human waste was smeared all over the walls.[/QUOTE]

china did not participate in CWG, did they?
guys did we stick a chini to the wall ????

 

[LetsGetRowdy]

As everyone saw during the Commonwealth games, where human waste was smeared all over the walls.

marking their territory

 

[Alchemy]

BS.

no way the corruption in PLA can be any worse than what the babus do in india. this is just some guys trying to sleep better by believing that china is going to collapse under its own weight.

Dude its the other way around ... everyone knows how worse our babus are in India , this article highlights that guys in PLA are no saints either ... why bring India in it !!!

 

[asianamerican]

Though some Chinese like to act it, China is still far from being a shupaah powah

The majority of Chinese do not consider their country a superpower. It has been repeated time after time. The only the Western media is trying to put China under the spotlight by calling China a super power.

Indians are so deluded sometimes.

 

[ao333]

Someone posted this a few days ago.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/chinese-defence/173678-corruption-pla-long-depth-article-fp.html

 

[chauism]

Someone posted this a few days ago.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/chinese-defence/173678-corruption-pla-long-depth-article-fp.html

Why are you provgiding a link to the same thread? Not enough flame here for you, right?