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| China tightens supervision of senior military officers | |
| 2009-05-18 | |
| Chinese military authorities pledged Sunday to tighten supervision on senior and middle ranking officers, through strict punishment in cases of breach of duty and regular inspection of their work. The military will adopt a strict system to investigate and punish senior officers for breaching duty or making mistakes, said a circular issued by the Central Military Commission (CMC) on Sunday.The document, approved by CMC Chairman Hu Jintao, said it will also introduce a system of accountability by regular inspection on the work of officers at army corps level.Military units higher than regiment level of the People's Liberation Army must review the work of their commanding officers at least once a year, it added. Commanding officers from regiment to army corps levels are usually regarded as middle and senior ranking PLA officers. It will tighten inspection on senior officers to see whether they strictly follow the military disciplines and show loyalty to the Communist Party of China. The circular called on the officers to keep a communist nature. "In the face of a complicated ideological situation, senior military officers must stick to their faith and keep a firm political stance," it said. They should devote themselves to building up the country's military capacity to win local wars in the information age, it said. The document said that the supervision and inspection will focus on any examples of extravagance and waste by military officers.
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| Posted by:Pappy |
| #6 ION PRC WORLD MILITARY FORUM > IIUC MYANMAR PROPOSES CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HIGHWAY LINKING IT WITH BANGLADESH AND CHINA; + PHILIPPINES DARES TO ARREST A CHINESE FISHING BOAT; + CHINA IS NOT READY YET [militarily, econ] TO BE A MAJOR LEADER IN ASIA NOR EVEN TO WIN A SERIOUS WAR AGZ JAPAN, USA, AND SOUTH KOREA [includ over TAIWAN] + THE LONG MARCHES OF YUGOSLAVIA AND WESTERN CHINA [e.g. Uighurs][Similarities btwn Tito + Mao Zedong]. Seems Asia's "WAR OF THE ROADS/HIGHWAY-PORTS JIHAD" continues??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-18 19:48 |
| #5 Probably more to do with corruption than coup plotting. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2009-05-18 18:54 |
| #4 Refocusing the senior PLA's leadership to military matters and putting the cabosh on the PLA's business activities? |
| Posted by: ed 2009-05-18 07:39 |
| #3 I've always wondered about the near hysterical chi-com need to assure themselves of their military's loyalty. their hinkyness WRT military to military contacts with the US is just one glaring example. Are they afraid that we might give their generals ideas? I wonder how much is from the communist parinoia, and how much was from a fear of the historical cycle of empire that figures in china's history. |
| Posted by: N guard 2009-05-18 00:46 |
| #2 "It will tighten inspection on senior officers to see whether they strictly follow the military disciplines and show loyalty to the Communist Party of China." Sounds to me like someone is getting nervous about loyalties. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-05-18 00:32 |
| #1 warlordism... kind-of - sort of rumored.... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-05-18 00:17 |