Analysis Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in China’s military where officers, including generals, have relied not on their duration of service or military prowess to rise in the ranks but rather bribery and connections. Experts commented that a lack of competent leaders now threaten to be severely detrimental to China’s warfighting capabilities. In the Chinese military, all positions and ranks were sold with quoted prices, state-run media Xinhua quoted three major generals from the Academy of Military Sciences saying on March 10, 2015. “A commander from a military district bribed Xu Caihou [then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC)] 20 million yuan ($3.14 million) for a senior position. Xu then promoted this one, rather than another commander who just bribed him 10 million yuan ($1.57 million),” Major General Yang Chunchang said. In the Chinese military, there’s only one general who has real combat experience. Li Zuocheng, 68, served in …