Beijing (AFP) – Responding to a Pentagon claim that corruption in China’s military could hamper its modernisation, Beijing urges the US to “abandon its Cold War mentality”. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian says the report “ignores facts, is full of bias and spreads the theory of the China threat”. According to the US report, at least 15 high-ranking military officers and defence industry figures were removed from their posts between July and December after “a new wave of corruption-related investigations.”
