In its latest efforts to reinforce the Communist Party line in China’s armed forces, the PLA Daily took aim at one particular invasive species: “big rats”.
The rats were eating away at the PLA’s budget and undermining combat readiness, the military mouthpiece said, and had to be eradicated.
“[We] must take strong and forceful measures to crack down on corrupt practices that undermine the building of combat abilities, and thoroughly investigate and root out those ‘big rats’ who tamper with…