Beijing ( AsiaNews) - The United States Army offers study and personnel exchange programs with the aim of undermining the Chinese state and corrupting members of the army and the government in Beijing. The heavy accusation is contained in a 100-minute video, produced by the National Defence University and the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing , together with staff of the People's Liberation Army ( PLA) .
"The American elites ...
confidently believe that the best way to disorganise China is to work closely
with it, allowing it to gradually become part of the US-led international and
political system."
The
video also said Washington used the same tactics to cause the collapse of the
Soviet Union in 1991 and to influence the "jasmine revolution" that
toppled Tunisia's former strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
The producers of the video are
two generals: Liu Yazhou , political commissar of the university and Xibin Wang
, former president of the university. It
appears to be intended for internal distribution but copies have circulated
online and state censors had not taken them down.
For
years, the United States and China have been cooperating in the exchange of
information and personnel. This
frontal attack comes at a time when the Party and army are under pressure to
try to stop the rampant corruption.
Shanghai
based
military
expert Ni
Lexiong,
interviewed
by
the South China Morning Post,
said: "The
party is reluctant to find out the real reasons behind corruption ... and blaming
US infiltration is ... convenient
"
Since
the 90s, the PLA is one of the pillars of the Chinese economy, managing
businesses, taking advantage of military personnel, enjoying monopolies. This
has also exposed it to scandals and corruption, the same as the whole
organization of the Chinese leadership.
The
video seems to attribute all the blame to a scapegoat outside the United States,
strongly criticizing the reformist wing of the leadership, which wants greater
liberalization and greater international relations.
Since
the days of Mao, fear has pervaded Chinese politics of foreign infiltration
ideological and " spiritual pollution " from the West .