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My thoughts about the military purges is that they’re a part of the fight against corruption.
With Xi being in his 70s it makes sense for him to also purge corruption from the army if he wants to avoid the state from falling into corrupt hands again like they have during Xiaoping’s rule and his successors.
It’s ridiculous that I’m downvoted by brigadiers for sharing a sensible explanation.
It’s a fight against challenges to his power first and foremost.
That is what corruption is. He grew out of the princelings and has to tactically fight them so he isn’t overthrown himself.
I guess the 8 generals who are missing just went on a holiday together then?
Xi is not a stand-up dude trying to right all that’s wrong in China.
I’m not claiming that Xi is some hero.
But how do you know it’s not an anti-corruption sweep? Corrupt leaders deserve to be disappeared forever. Just like it should also happen to billionaires.
You can doubt the motives, but not the action.
I mean, that’s a pretty hard shift in the defense of your assertion.
You lead off strong with “I think it’s XYZ”, with no support, then when that’s challenged, you’re restating it in the framework of “you need to prove it’s not XYZ”.
Might as well have said the purge is because these guys liked raspberry donuts and Xi hates that flavor. Good luck proving that negative.
It can’t be anti-corruption because Xi is more corrupt than all of them.
China has more billionaires than the US and they don’t care about those either
to avoid the state from falling into corrupt hands
That’s decades too late
Do you have any basis for this China hatred or is this just oh my God they have a social score for your life over there
Where did I show any hatred for China? Are you confusing criticism of the “Dear Leader” with hatred towards the country and its people? Maybe that implication was deliberate on your part.
He wasn’t in power decades ago.
Xi doesn’t hold a monopoly on corruption
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Because nothing says reasonable measures against corruption like secretly disappearing people without any sort of announcement leaving the world to blindly guess what went down. A lot of other authoritarian leaders at least bother to make up stuff, but not even that here.
I also think it’s interesting to say that in his 70s it makes sense to be harder on corruption, why wouldn’t there be a consistent pressure on corruption throughout?
If it is related to his age, it would make more sense that he is experiencing some mental decline that drives him to be more aggressive or that he wants to ensure his intended successors have the least opposition to worry about.
