To: Rolla Coasta who wrote (656 ) 1/20/2001 8:55:54 PM From: Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) | Respond to How many properties exactly do you think each of the soldier or leader own ? They probably don't know what money is, seattletimes.nwsource.com He gave no details as to how the order would be carried out. The ban on commercial activity would be a major blow to the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which has used its clout to cash in on market-style economic reforms. PLA and the paramilitary People's Armed Police run tens of thousands of businesses ranging from golf courses to computers but have been largely immune from Beijing's efforts to weed out official graft. mtholyoke.edu -- Reducing the lawlessness, arrogance and hidden caches of money by officers, who have generated bitter resentment among ordinary people. and not on side earnings from the companies it has been operating. An epidemic of smuggling goods into China has been dominated by the military in recent years. A spate of free-lance arms dealing, like selling missiles to Iran and AK-47s to California, has badly embarrassed China's diplomatic efforts to improve its image abroad. various units of the military control roughly 15,000 mostly small and medium-sized businesses, which experts say range from garment factories to transport companies to hotels. It is equally difficult to ascertain just how much of this money goes to military operations, and how much simply disappears into the pockets of individual officers. In a sense, Jiang is trying to redirect traffic at the chaotic intersection of China's military, politics, law enforcement and money-making, as unruly in recent years as the tremendous traffic jams that paralyze Beijing streets each day. Indeed, Jiang is up against considerable obstacles. Officers in the army wield considerable influence in a system where access is still more important than talent. In China, the highly secretive nature of the military's financial arrangements may make it difficult to discern real lines of ownership and control over businesses, even if they are ostensibly relinquished. But it is unlikely that the military budget will be increased by more than 10 percent a year.
