China is probing a former Defence Minister, Li Shangfu. He was not only dismissed last year, he has since been expelled from the Communist Party for allegedly tasting the forbidden fruits.
Suspects have hardly escaped either being shot or heavy penalty for acts of corruption under the Xi Jinping attack on corruption.
It is difficult to guess which direction this probe will go, given that the Defence Ministry is a high spending sphere in the context of the modernisation of the People’s Liberation Army for the past decade and more.
Corruption in China raises the question of how it is that neither communist morality nor ideological induction do not undermine temptation to corruption, even in China? It points at the widespread nature of the phenomenon itself and the question of the best way to deal with it. China’s approach under Xi is the approach of ruthless response so far, no matter how highly placed.
