US intelligence has revealed the extent of corruption in the Chinese army.
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Bloomberg writes about this. This has undermined Xi Jinping’s efforts to modernize the military and called into question China’s ability to fight a war. Against this background, Xi Jinping is purging the army.
One of the manifestations of corruption is rockets filled with water instead of fuel and large fields of rocket silos that are unable to effectively launch rockets due to faulty caps.
Over the last six months of the investigation, more than a dozen senior defense officials have been exposed.
The largest purges in modern history took place in the Chinese army, which apparently included Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who was in this post for only seven months.
In particular, inspections of the Chinese Rocket Force, which would play a key role in the invasion of Taiwan, found that some of the missiles were filled with water instead of fuel, and the missile silo test sites were not functioning properly.
Journalists’ intelligence sources believe that the removal from top military posts has not weakened Chinese leader Xi Jinping; he is serious about improving discipline, eliminating corruption and long-term preparation of the Chinese army for combat operations.
Journalists suggest that Xi took up the fight against corruption in the army after Russia was unable to achieve quick results in Ukraine, in particular, due to the total corruption of its own army. China is preparing for war.
In his New Year’s address, Xi Jinping said that the “reunification” of the PRC with Taiwan is inevitable, and promised US President Joe Biden to annex the island seemingly peacefully. US intelligence believes Xi has ordered the military to be prepared for a possible forceful takeover of Taiwan by 2027.
Source: Racurs
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