The anti-graft campaign in China not only has attacked the officialdom but has also shaken the military—exposing deeply hidden corruption within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). An insider at the PLA revealed rampant selling of officer positions in the Chinese military, the overseas Chinese language newspaper, World Journal reported on Jan. 16.
The insider who was a former officer at the General Political Department (GPD) of the PLA said that military officer positions were bought and sold during the time when Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong served as vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Under the two chairmen, the buying and selling of positions became an unspoken rule.
