Corruption and bribery are the blood that runs the CCP. The CCP runs a multi-billion dollar propaganda campaign to convince Westerners the China is just like the west culturally; to understand China one just has to use western norms, values and assumptions.
In doing so, westerners will become increasingly terrified of the Chinese Dragon and surrender without firing a shot - so great will their terror become.
ever watch the two white biker guys china videos?
Some bribery and corruption existed in the Soviet military. Only terror kept the bribery and corruption to acceptable levels.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, unrestricted bribery and corruption hollowed out Russia’s military. I won’t be alive to see it but I predict the same for China.