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The Red Swan? China's Military "Strongly Opposed" To Large Scale Troops Cuts
Hot on the heels of British military threats of a coup, the potential for a truly 'red' black swan of an event has reared its ugly head in China, just as Xi tours America. As Reuters reports, bitterness is growing within China's armed forces to President Xi Jinping's decision to cut troop numbers by 300,000, and, according to a source and commentaries in the military's newspaper, considerable effort will be needed to overcome opposition to the order with PLA official sources warning "people are worried, it's been too sudden."
Xi made the unexpected announcement on Sept. 3 at a military parade in Beijing marking 70 years since the end of World War Two in Asia. The move would reduce by 13 percent one of the world's biggest militaries, currently 2.3-million strong.
China's Defence Ministry said the "broad mass" of officers and soldiers "resolutely endorsed the important decision of the (Communist) Party center and Central Military Commission and obey orders". But as Reuters reports,
Bitterness is growing within China's armed forces to President Xi Jinping's decision to cut troop numbers by 300,000 and considerable effort will be needed to overcome opposition to the order, according to a source and commentaries in the military's newspaper.
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One government official, who meets regularly with senior officers, said some inside the People's Liberation Army (PLA) felt the announcement had been rushed and taken by Xi with little consultation outside the Central Military Commission. Xi heads the commission, which has overall command of the military.
"It's been too sudden," the source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"People are very worried. A lot of good officers will lose their jobs and livelihoods. It's going to be tough for soldiers."
China has previously faced protests from demobilized soldiers, who have complained about a lack of support finding new jobs or help with financial problems.
A protest by thousands of former soldiers over pensions was reported in June, although the Defence Ministry denied any knowledge of the incident.
The PLA is already reeling from Xi's crackdown on deep-seated corruption in China, which has seen dozens of officers investigated, including two former vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission.
Barely a week after the Beijing parade, the PLA newspaper said the troop cuts and other military reforms Xi wished to undertake would require "an assault on fortified positions" to change mindsets and root out vested interests, and that the difficulties expected would be "unprecedented".
"Some units suffer from inertia and think everything's already great. Some are scared of hardships, blame everyone and everything but themselves ... They shirk work and find ways of avoiding difficulty," the commentary said.
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The cuts come at a time of heightened economic uncertainty in China as growth slows, its stock markets tumble and the leadership grapples with painful but needed economic reforms, deepening any schism from the fiercely loyal PLA soldiers to any potential leaders of a coup.
Now that is a "Red Swan" that the market is not pricing in...
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It can get bigger but it can never be allowed to get smaller.
[Imagine if erections were like that].
You minx, you!
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Look at that peach of a wife, Bibi has.
No wonder he's a tyranical SOB.
That’s what my mental image of a Soviet Commissar is.
But itt’s a shame our military is not as disgruntled as the Chicoms appear to be.
But that is understandable since King Hussein has replaced so many military with girly-boys (and even girly-girls).
Exactly as I said I was in favor of military taking over socialist govt in the West, it would work even better for the commies and if they can add a little Chiang Kai Chek twist, the better for mainland chinese to be self mannered.
We are entering interesting times (the Fed, Syria, China, Ukraine, Russia, Donald, HilLIARy, ...)
I wonder if Myanmar (Burma) could handle an invasion of 300,000 Chinese...
Anyone notice the DOW was paused for like 5 mins then is surged like 100 points?
It must have broke again! I noticed the same. Trading sideways for a couple hours then STOP.
maybe he could ask POTUS for a few troops to help put down this "uprising" within the ranks...hey,it could happen.
That's 0.025% of their population.
or 12% of their gun owning population
Yeah, but, but.... Kung Fu! What about Kung Fu?
Don't get rid of them that way; simply send them ona "peace-keeping misson" in the Middle East.
Not a great idea to have 300,000 angry, rabid, trained killers loose at one time on the streets.
You left out "Horny!" "Hey lady, that's a nice burka yer wearing, can I talk you out of it?"
LOL! True.
They won't need as many troops for non-conventional warfare.
U.S. putting 20 nukes in Germany, WTF for? One of those would kill Europe, not Russia.
And what will the U.S. do with a China that is willing to use nukes to destory the 7th fleet?
I just had a rather cold thought. What if the Chinese military are the ones blowing up their own shipping docks the last several months?
You know, a little Grulf of Tronkin.... Chinese-style.
Mmmmm... nah! That's crazy.
300 k Chinese troops in Syria would certainly make things interesting.
Even 10k, with some naval and air support, and anti-aircraft protection, would be a game changer.
It would. But let me as you the next question: how do they get there? How are they supported and supplied while they are there?
In the US "projection of power" is something we almost take for granted because we figured all that out decades ago. Not every country has those capabilities fully developed yet.
Ally closer with Russia?
Borrow some AN-225s and crew from their closer ally?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya
All to combat the dread ISIS, of course.
idiot things were pretty much normal before your supported coup.
That would be borow THE AN-225 - there is only one in existance. It's not owned by Russia - it belongs to Antonov Airlines - a Ukrainian international charter oversize cargo company. I saw the thing fly once. It's so huge that it doesn't look like it's moving fast enough to fly. It looked sort of like a fast-moving blimp.
There's actually another half of an uncompleted AN-225 in mothballs near Kiev. It mostly serves as a party shack for the apron crews, but I suppose you could slap a set of wings, a tail and some engines on it and get it to fly. Or the Chinese could buy it as is and just push it around by hand. That would scare the hell out of ISIS to see that thing rolling at them.
Iran.
Is 300,000 a typo? Do they mean 300,000,000?
Doesn't matter
New analysis: China's GDP is 15%+ larger than what's reported
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/09/detailed-analysis-of-chinas-gdp.html
Those Chinese troops are as good as dead if they don't act now to replace Xi.
If true.
Send 5,000 Chinese to Syria and Iraq to do some ISIS clean up operations.
cut 300k or cut them all, it doesn't make much of a difference they are all more or less a joke, just there for decoration. go chill with some marine buddies and watch the parade. their "elite" units can't even hold guns or wear their own uniforms correctly. a complete and total joke.
Putin preparing operation Salvation to rid the middle east of Obama's terrorists.
http://www.awdnews.com/top-news/putin-to-russian-army-officers-operation...
The Chinese have a male population issue. The solution is WAR !!!
Wow.
His 'cut' is 3/4 the size of the Active US Army.
The numbers boggle the mind.
well, not exactly accurate. the average soldier in china is a pathetic joke and not in any way ready for any amount of fighting. the average redneck with a varmint gun is more prepared for a war than the chinese military.
What is "Praetorian Guard" in Mandarin?
You also might consider that every single bureaucracy in that country is thinking the same way; cut their budget, and they'll cut your throat.
300,000 more Chinese suddenly unemployed. But there won't be riots... that last long anyway:
China’s Spending on Internal Policing Outstrips Defense Budget
March 6, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-03-06/china-s-spending-on-in...
China spent 548.6 billion yuan ($83.5 billion) on internal security last year, 6.7 percent more than budgeted and a 15.6 percent increase over 2009, the Finance Ministry said in a report released yesterday. Last year China spent 533.5 billion yuan on national defense, or 0.3 percent more than budgeted, according to the Finance Ministry.
Canada is looking for soldiers, sent them there
Give them jobs to demolish all the ghost cities and then clean up the debris.
I disapprove this too.
Send them to the middle east for some humanity helping business against those muslim crazies....