Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao
Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao
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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.
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Because nothing says reasonable measures against corruption like secretly disappearing people without any sort of announcement leaving the world to blindly guess what went down. A lot of other authoritarian leaders at least bother to make up stuff, but not even that here.
I also think it's interesting to say that in his 70s it makes sense to be harder on corruption, why wouldn't there be a consistent pressure on corruption throughout?
If it is related to his age, it would make more sense that he is experiencing some mental decline that drives him to be more aggressive or that he wants to ensure his intended successors have the least opposition to worry about.
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Oooor he's just purging potential rivals like all really successful dictators.
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Yeah okay, tankie
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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
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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.
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