DPRKUnderground
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Now they have to pass some sort of anti-corruption law in the government. No offense, but there are some corrupt politicians who are getting away with things in China.
Anti-corruption regulation in China
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taijisheng
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Over all, chinese millitary are not that under paid at all, comparing to government officers that is. Only goverment officers in costal regions and rich cities are paid much higher than PLA officers, low-mid ranking PLA officers' pay is about the same level as government offcials in relative poorer provinces, but if you consider that the army provide free food, free uniform, free accomodation, free transport, free medicare, free training/education, then its not that bad at all.
More important, most low-mid ranking PLA officers leave the army after a number of years, the army provide them a huge social/business network, solid references, political advantage, new skills etc. An ex army officier has a huge advantage over the long term, he/she will always be considered first for any government related positions and promotions and keep an advantage over someone with equal education/skills but without army experience.
As for the ordinary soldiers, the same advantage applys to them, they are poorly paid, but they are mostly peasants from very poor regions, where they otherwise would be poor anyway, joining the army is for most of them an investement in the future.
High ranking officiers are not poor, they may not wel paid as their western counterparts, but they are paid enough in a country like china.
More important, most low-mid ranking PLA officers leave the army after a number of years, the army provide them a huge social/business network, solid references, political advantage, new skills etc. An ex army officier has a huge advantage over the long term, he/she will always be considered first for any government related positions and promotions and keep an advantage over someone with equal education/skills but without army experience.
As for the ordinary soldiers, the same advantage applys to them, they are poorly paid, but they are mostly peasants from very poor regions, where they otherwise would be poor anyway, joining the army is for most of them an investement in the future.
High ranking officiers are not poor, they may not wel paid as their western counterparts, but they are paid enough in a country like china.
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Anti-corruption "measures" won't work because these people don't earn nearly enough in comparison to the dreams/aspirations being promoted on Chinese TV and other advertisements. Pay increases are very important (seriously, I wonder how much of the budget increases go on salaries), but apart from that I'm not sure what else can be done.
Kampfwagen
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Corruption, in anything, is a very dificult thing to fight. From Gangland Chicago Police Comissioner to a forklift operator in Pakistan. Ether people in power want more power or wealth, or people in poor positions want money. This is especialy a problem in Communists governments, where greed (it's a natural human trait, no sense in denying it) has a tendancy to go out of control. I imagine that there is still a huge crime problem the Chinese government is in denial of. (Remember what happened after the fall of the Soviet Union? It was like yanking the dressings off of a gangrene victim. Though I doubt it is getting that bad in China, I imagine it aint a communist utopia there.)
cut out oneliners!!! rules havent changed thougth we havent kept it on surface
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JonMan said:
They're not really there for the tourists - they've dressed that way for a long time. They'd be there even if there weren't so many tourists. Just as Trooping the Colour goes on regardless of how many people turn up to watch it.