Battle against the enemy within

Efforts need to be made to increase transparency in the military to help eliminate corruption and ensure its fighting capabilities

It was announced on Monday that Xu Caihou, the former vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission, had been expelled from the Communist Party of China for corruption following an investigation of three and a half months.

Military force is the security guarantee of the nation and its integrity is of special meaning to both the government and the people. However, the army does not exist in vacuum, it is composed of people, meaning it cannot be immune to corruption, and especially with the coming of the monied era, the People's Liberation Army has suffered from corruption, with many corruption cases involving military officers. So it is necessary to ensure the anti-corruption fight includes the PLA as well.