“Corruption cannot exist within the party, especially in our army. When the army is corrupt, the army will have no fighting capacity,” said an article published by the PLA Daily. China’s military has seen rapid expansion since the reforms initiated by Xi in 2015. However, such an expansion would have followed corrupt activities over military contracts. In the past, access to money was crucial to seek out new contracts. The corruption within the People’s Liberation Army hasn’t been entirely rooted out, despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s repeated claims. Though it’s not yet confirmed if corruption was behind Chinese Defence Minister...