“In the second half of 2023 alone, at least 15 high ranking military officials and defense industry executives were removed from their posts for corruption … This wave of corruption related investigations and the removal of senior leaders may have disrupted the [People’s Liberation Army’s] progress toward its 2027 goals,” a senior defense official told reporters this week in a briefing on the China Military Power report, which is delivered to Congress annually and outlines China’s military and security developments.
torsdag 9. januar 2025
China’s anticorruption crackdown is impeding its military buildup plans, Pentagon says
A widespread anticorruption campaign within the senior levels of the Chinese military and government is impeding its push to build up its military by 2027, the Pentagon says in a new report released on Wednesday.
“In the second half of 2023 alone, at least 15 high ranking military officials and defense industry executives were removed from their posts for corruption … This wave of corruption related investigations and the removal of senior leaders may have disrupted the [People’s Liberation Army’s] progress toward its 2027 goals,” a senior defense official told reporters this week in a briefing on the China Military Power report, which is delivered to Congress annually and outlines China’s military and security developments.
“In the second half of 2023 alone, at least 15 high ranking military officials and defense industry executives were removed from their posts for corruption … This wave of corruption related investigations and the removal of senior leaders may have disrupted the [People’s Liberation Army’s] progress toward its 2027 goals,” a senior defense official told reporters this week in a briefing on the China Military Power report, which is delivered to Congress annually and outlines China’s military and security developments.
