James Char is assistant professor with the China program of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
He is the editor of “Modernising the People’s Liberation Army: Aspiring to be a Global Military Power.
The spotlight is back on corruption in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) following official confirmation in late June on the fate and alleged misdemeanors of China’s two ex-defense ministers and former members of the Central Military Commission (CMC).