On January 10th a three-day annual meeting in Beijing of anti-corruption chiefs ended as usual with no public mention of military matters, such as the ousting last year of the defence minister, General Li Shangfu. He has not been seen in public since August (it was not until December that his successor, Admiral Dong Jun, was named). Yet this appears to be the biggest graft-related shake-up in the pla in years. struggling with graft as it splurges on new weaponry, China gives little detail of corruption in its armed forces, beyond occasionally highlighting a few egregious cases. It has offered no explanation for a purge of generals that began months ago and is widely believed to involve dishonest dealings. Will Xi Jinping emerge in the fight against graft in People’s Liberation Army?

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