China’s Military Has A FATAL Weakness

China stands on the cusp of military domination, but political infighting at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party might just bring it all down. Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris Chapel. A big thank you to all of you for your support of my unmade in China Christmas shopping catalog. You don't want to buy made in China Christmas presents this year and end up supporting the Chinese military by American. Get yourself a copy of my Unmade in China Christmas catalog. Click the link below to get one for yourself or a loved one. So, over the past few years, there's been a lot of wars going on in the world. From Ukraine to Gaza to Pakistan, and you know what that means? Arm sales. Lots of them. But you know who isn't seeing some of that action? China. And it's all thanks to communism. Let me explain. Earlier this week, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute or SIPRI released new data on the 2024 sales numbers for the top 100 arms producing companies around the world. And in general, things have been looking up for arms producers. Just look at all those green arrows. Combined revenues have surged as states rush to modernize and expand their arsenals. It's almost like people sense something is coming. some kind of war like around the world, the third perhaps. But while most of the countries in the world saw increased arm sales over 2023, including in North America, Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, China didn't. Instead, it saw a 10% decrease in sales over 2023. Now, this seems especially strange considering that the PLA has been rapidly modernizing in the leadup to its 100th anniversary in 2027 and that Chinese-made weapons performed much better than expected when Pakistan used them against India earlier this year with Russia's weapons in Ukraine not doing so well. So, what gives? What's holding the Chinese arms producers back? No one knows for sure, of course, but the answer might be Chinese leader Xi Jinping's anti-corruption purges. The CCP just can't stop hurting themselves in their confusion. Take for example China North Industries Group Corporation Limited or Norinko, which is responsible for most of the PLA's groundbased weapon systems. Norinko had the biggest decline in revenue of any Chinese weapons firm, 31%. Ouch. This might have something to do with the fact that its company board chairman and military head were removed last year as part of one of she's many anti-corruption purges. According to SIPRI, this led to the government reviewing, delaying, or even cancelling major contracts, which in turn held up deliveries. Xi Jinping may be the first person to win a Nobel Peace Prize through sheer incompetence. And it wasn't just Norinko. China's Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation saw a revenue drop of 16% compared to 2023. According to SIPRI, this was largely due to the postponement of military satellite and launch vehicle projects after its president was dismissed in late 2023 based on, say it with me, corruption allegations. Americans that want to stop people from getting guns, this is how you do it. though saying you learn from a dictator how to take people's guns is just going to make Americans want more guns. Now corruption is definitely a thing in governments around the world, especially communist ones. I've kind of made a living out of pointing at it and going, "Uh-oh, spaghettiio." But the thing is, she's purges are less about actually dealing with corruption and more about solidifying loyalty and control over the military and other bodies in China and rooting out potential rivals. So, it isn't anti-corruption so much as it is anti- my type of corruption. Peak communism. And it's hard for any system to run smoothly when the people involved are constantly being removed and replaced, especially when it takes quite a while for them to actually be replaced. Who's in charge here? Uh, we don't know, sir. So, yeah, it's a problem. As one SIPRI analyst pointed out, this deepens uncertainty around the status of China's military modernization efforts and when new capabilities will materialize. In other words, the PLA's military modernization might not happen as soon as the CCP expected, which is a major party pooper for that 2027 100th anniversary of the PLA. It could also delay China's plans for invading Taiwan and attacking neighboring countries. And by time for the US and its allies to modernize their own militaries. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, none of this is likely to stop the PLA's modernization totally. Which is why China's neighbors and Western rivals need to step up their game now instead of getting complacent. Because while she's incompetence in stopping the sale of arms may win him an accidental Nobel Peace Prize, that peace won't last long. And don't buy made in China for Christmas. Buy my unmade in China Christmas shopping catalog. Click this button or click the link below. Once again, I'm Chris Chapel. See you next time.