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My thoughts about the military purges is that they're a part of the fight against corruption.
With Xi being in his 70s it makes sense for him to also purge corruption from the army if he wants to avoid the state from falling into corrupt hands again like they have during Xiaoping's rule and his successors.
It's ridiculous that I'm downvoted by brigadiers for sharing a sensible explanation.
Yeah okay, tankie
I might get down voted too but I think i follow what you're talking about
I had to look up a source again but I remember reading that they were having major equipment issues like rockets getting fueled with water and stuff like that.
If that is the case, then something like this doesn't sound that surprising
Found my source
China has corruption for sure. That in no way means only the most corrupt people get jailed for corruption. Misusing power is the nature of it.
I think, most likely, everyone in the picture has done a bit of corruption, including Xi, because that's just life there. If not, jailing people for things they didn't do in a show trial has a time-honoured history.
Oooor he's just purging potential rivals like all really successful dictators.
That's decades too late
He wasn't in power decades ago.
Xi doesn't hold a monopoly on corruption
Do you have any basis for this China hatred or is this just oh my God they have a social score for your life over there
Where did I show any hatred for China? Are you confusing criticism of the "Dear Leader" with hatred towards the country and its people? Maybe that implication was deliberate on your part.
It’s a fight against challenges to his power first and foremost.
That is what corruption is. He grew out of the princelings and has to tactically fight them so he isn't overthrown himself.
I guess the 8 generals who are missing just went on a holiday together then?
Xi is not a stand-up dude trying to right all that's wrong in China.
I'm not claiming that Xi is some hero.
But how do you know it's not an anti-corruption sweep? Corrupt leaders deserve to be disappeared forever. Just like it should also happen to billionaires.
You can doubt the motives, but not the action.
I mean, that's a pretty hard shift in the defense of your assertion.
You lead off strong with "I think it's XYZ", with no support, then when that's challenged, you're restating it in the framework of "you need to prove it's not XYZ".
Might as well have said the purge is because these guys liked raspberry donuts and Xi hates that flavor. Good luck proving that negative.
China has more billionaires than the US and they don’t care about those either
It can't be anti-corruption because Xi is more corrupt than all of them.
I'm not familiar with the matter, but from the little i've learned of the article, it seems the general have just disappeared, right?
If it was corruption matters, that would be official, as it would be a good reason for a trial.
It's common for people to be disappeared or disappear for a time for re-education. That's what happened to Jack Ma when he stepped out of line.
Lmfao. Xi is the corruption.
Do you have any facts to back this statement up?
Under Xi China has executed a lot more officials and politicians for corruption than before. Even tech moguls are removed unlike in the US where they're invited to government.
Stalin burned through 4 secret police chiefs, all (or most? not sure about the first guy) of whom publicly confessed to horrible plotting against their country. By this measure, so much corruption solved!
Reread your reply, as if you were a fascist dictator.
Corruption is a symptom of abuses from the top.
Corruption is also rooted out from the top or through popular revolution.
If you were at the head of a corrupt state and wanted to purge corruption, you'd have to be both tactical and ruthless.
Then can Xi tactically and ruthlessly root himself out?
He's over 70, so soon enough yes.
I don’t know what a vote bot is.
They are the same picture.