Top PLA heads have rolled but China’s hunt for corrupt military officials may be here to stay

Even for the anti-graft era of President Xi Jinping, the wave of investigations into alleged corruption in the Chinese military over the past three years has been exceptional. They are accused of having “violated party discipline and allegedly committed serious crimes related to their duties” – both euphemisms for corruption. “The amounts involved are particularly huge, the nature of the offences is extremely severe and the impact is exceptionally negative,” the defence ministry said. He Weidong is the highest-ranking general to fall in the anti-corruption storm in recent years and the first serving member of the Politburo – the party’s…