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2014-11-16 China-Japan-Koreas

How Well Does China Control Its Military?

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Posted by Pappy 2014-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I'm a whole lot more concerned about how well *we* control their military.

Posted by Whurong Flomosh7989 2014-11-16 00:28|| 2014-11-16 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Part of the problem is also that China - for all its internal political controls - is still to a disturbing extent a warlord-type set up where the provincial governors run things with autonomy....and the provincial commanders do their own thing with surprisingly little interference from Beijing...where the political and military leadership is too busy with political infighting to maintain real control over the military.
Now, that's not to say the provincial commanders won't follow orders when they're told to - but to a far greater extent than the Western militaries, they may act on their own if they feel it's called for.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2014-11-16 08:08|| 2014-11-16 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 I know they can use the appearance of lack of control to great effect. Sort of, good cop, bad cop, "we can't control them", etc.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-11-16 08:54|| 2014-11-16 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Now, that's not to say the provincial commanders won't follow orders when they're told to -

That's one of the reasons outside troops were brought in to suppress the democracy movement in Tiananmen Square rather than using the local garrison.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-16 10:36|| 2014-11-16 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Communism requires the troika: Party Vs Internal Security vs Military.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-11-16 10:59|| 2014-11-16 10:59|| Front Page Top

#6 "I know they can use the appearance of lack of control to great effect. Sort of, good cop, bad cop, "we can't control them", etc."

^
This.

Posted by charger 2014-11-16 16:02|| 2014-11-16 16:02|| Front Page Top

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