China removes nine PLA generals from top legislature in sign of wider purge (www.scmp.com)
from Stamau123@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 08:59
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Five past or current top commanders of elite PLA Rocket Force among those stripped of NPC role, Standing Committee statement issued on Friday says

Disqualifications suggest further disciplinary action, as NPC representatives enjoy immunity from arrest or criminal charges

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Marsupial@quokk.au on 30 Dec 2023 09:00 next collapse

Gearing up for a war there are you China hmm?

grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 15:51 collapse

These are either wartime consiglieries or people better at preserving an economic status quo that greatly benefits China and is getting better for them every year.

Only an idiot would disrupt that.

Edit: a prideful idiot - checks notes - like authoritarian leaders can often be.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 10:55 next collapse

PLA generals? Member when they tried making them out of teracotta? I don’t think 3d printing is going to make them any more effective… but personally, I’d go with ASA. better UV resistance and they don’t melt in sunlight.

(/s, before people remind me PLA stands for people’s liberation army. it also stands for polylactic acid- a common 3d printing material.)

ThePantser@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 12:53 next collapse

They tried ABS but had trouble keeping good bed adhesion.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 13:01 collapse

Just wait until they use carbon infused asa and call it a stealth admiral,

Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 19:26 collapse

Nice. I wanted to make a joke about the NPC role, but I just woke up and got a quarter sip of coffee in me, so it’s eluding me.

mrfriki@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 14:17 collapse

The blue one looks weirdly happy.

vaalla@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Dec 2023 17:41 collapse

Probably airforce.